Monoaphelocarus carboniferus Subías and Arillo 2002 (oribatid mite)

Arachnida - Acariformes - Adelphacaridae

Full reference: L. S. Subías and A. Arillo. 2002. Oribatid mite fossils from the Upper Devonian of South Mountain, New York and the Lower Carboniferous of County Antrim, Northern Ireland (Acariformes, Oribatida). Estudios del Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Álava 17:93-106

Belongs to Monoaphelocarus according to L. S. Subías and A. Arillo 2002

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UM-29179, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Fair Head, Ballycastle, which is in a Brigantian wet floodplain siliciclastic in the United Kingdom.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Fair Head, Ballycastle

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