Diploaspis muelleri Poschmann et al. 2005 (arthropod)

Euchelicerata - Chasmataspidida - Diploaspididae

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 Diploaspis according to M. Poschmann et al. 2005

Sister taxon: Diploaspis casteri

Type specimen: PWL 2002/5020a,b-LS, a carapace. Its type locality is Hombach railway excavation, which is in a Pragian marginal marine shale in the Siegen Formation of Germany.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Hombach railway excavation

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