†Carbochthonius antrimensis Subías and Arillo 2002 (oribatid mite)
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Arachnida - Acariformes - Cosmochthoniidae
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 Carbochthonius according to L. S. Subías and A. Arillo 2002
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UM-27134, 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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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