Xenarachne willwerathensis Dunlop and Poschmann 1997 (arthropod)

Arachnida - Tetrapulmonata

Full reference: J. A. Dunlop and M. Poschmann. 1997. On the Emsian (Lower Devonian) arthropods of the Rhenish Schiefergebirge: 1. Xenarachne, an enigmatic arachnid from Willwerath, Germany. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 71:231-236

Belongs to Xenarachne according to J. A. Dunlop and M. Poschmann 1997

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PWL 1997/1-LS, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Willwerath (Mainz collection), which is in an Emsian estuary/bay siltstone in the Klerf Formation of Germany.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Willwerath (Mainz collection)

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