Palaeocharinus hornei Hirst 1923 (arthropod)

Arachnida - Trigonotarbida - Palaeocharinidae

Alternative combination: Palaeocharinoides hornei

Full reference: S. Hirst. 1923. On some arachnid remains from the Old Red Sandstone (Rhynie Chert Bed, Aberdeenshire). The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ninth Series 12:455-474

Belongs to Palaeocharinus according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013

See also Hirst 1923 and Petrunkevitch 1953

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

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Rhynie cherts (BMNH coll.) (Devonian of the United Kingdom)

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