Arachnida - Phalangiotarbida - Devonotarbidae
Full reference: M. Poschmann, L. I. Anderson, and J. A. Dunlop. 2005. Chelicerate arthropods, including the oldest phalangiotarbid arachnid, from the Early Devonian (Siegenian) of the Rhenish Massif, Germany. Journal of Paleontology 79:110-124
Belongs to Devonotarbus according to M. Poschmann and J. A. Dunlop 2012
See also Poschmann et al. 2005
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: PWL 2002/5012a,b-LS, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Hombach railway excavation, which is in a Pragian marginal marine shale in the Siegen Formation of Germany.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Devonian of Germany (6 collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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