†Pleophrynus verrucosus Pocock 1911
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Arachnida - Trigonotarbida - Eophrynidae
Alternative combinations: Acrokreischeria verrucosa, Kreischeria verrucosa
Synonyms: Eophrynus jugatus Ambrose and Romano 1972, Eophrynus warei Dix and Pringle 1930
Full reference: R. I. Pocock. 1911. A Monograph of the Terrestrial Carboniferous Arachnida of Great Britain 1-84
Belongs to Pleophrynus according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013
See also Ambrose and Romano 1972, Dix and Pringle 1930, Petrunkevitch 1953 and Pocock 1911
Sister taxa: Pleophrynus ensifer, Pleophrynus hawesi
Type specimens:
- Pleophrynus verrucosus: Its type locality is Craigola Vein, southwest of Glyn-coch Farm, which is in a Westphalian D terrestrial siliciclastic in the Craigola Seam Formation of the United Kingdom
- Eophrynus jugatus: BMNH It. 61019, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Kilmersdon Colliery tip, no. 9 seam, which is in a Westphalian D terrestrial mudstone in the Farrington Formation of the United Kingdom.
- Eophrynus warei: NM Wales 30.46.G1, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Garngoch Colliery, near Swansea (Six Feet seam), which is in a Westphalian B delta plain shale in the United Kingdom.
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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