Arachnida - Trigonotarbida - Aphantomartidae
Alternative combinations: Anthracomartus pustulatus, Trigonomartus pustulatus
Synonyms: Cleptomartus ploetzensis Simon 1971, Kreischeria villeti Pruvost 1912, Trigonomartus villeti Pruvost 1912
Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1884. A contribution to our knowledge of Paleozoic Arachnida. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 20:15-22
Belongs to Aphantomartus according to P. Correia et al. 2013
See also Dunlop et al. 2013, Haupt 1955, Petrunkevitch 1913, Petrunkevitch 1949, Petrunkevitch 1953, Pruvost 1912, Pruvost 1919, Pruvost 1922, Pruvost 1930, Rossler and Brauckmann 2000, Scudder 1884, Scudder 1890, Simon 1971 and Štamberg and Zajíc 2008
Sister taxa: Aphantomartus areolatus, Aphantomartus ilfeldicus
Type specimens:
- Aphantomartus pustulatus: Its type locality is Mazon Creek, USNM Lacoe Collection, which is in a Westphalian D interdistributary bay mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois
- Cleptomartus ploetzensis: Its type locality is Waste Heap from Karl-Moritz-Schachte (Simon collection), which is in a Stephanian C lacustrine sandstone/coal in the Wettiner Formation of Germany.
- Kreischeria villeti: MGL 1857, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Lens mines, pit 5, Arago vein, which is in a Westphalian C/Westphalian D terrestrial shale in France.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Austria (1 collection), Belgium (1), France (1), Germany (2), Portugal (1), United States (3: Illinois)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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