Arachnida - Phalangiotarbida - Architarbidae
Full reference: J. A. Dunlop and C. A. Horrocks. 1997. Phalangiotarbid arachnids from the Coal Measures of Lancashire, UK. Geological Magazine 134:369-381
Belongs to Mesotarbus according to J. A. Dunlop and C. A. Horrocks 1997
Sister taxa: Mesotarbus angustus, Mesotarbus eggintoni, Mesotarbus hindi, Mesotarbus intermedius
Type specimen: MM LL 11150, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Westhoughton open cast colliery (Manchester Museum coll.), which is in a Westphalian A interdistributary bay shale in the Wigan Four-Foot Coal Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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