Palaeocharinus tuberculatus Fayers et al. 2005 (arthropod)

Arachnida - Trigonotarbida - Palaeocharinidae

Full reference: S. R. Fayers, J. A. Dunlop, and N. H. Trewin. 2005. A new Early Devonian trigonotarbid ararchnid from the Windyfield chert, Rhynie, Scotland. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 2:269-284

Belongs to Palaeocharinus according to S. R. Fayers et al. 2005

Sister taxa: Palaeocharinus calmani, Palaeocharinus hornei, Palaeocharinus kidstoni, Palaeocharinus rhyniensis, Palaeocharinus scourfieldi

Type specimen: AUGD12409, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Windyfield farm, Rhynie, which is in a Pragian pond chert in the Dryden Flags Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Windyfield farm, Rhynie

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