Weygoldtina scudderi Pocock 1911 (whip spider)

Arachnida - Amblypygi - Weygoldtinidae

Alternative combination: Graeophonus scudderi

Full reference: R. I. Pocock. 1911. A Monograph of the Terrestrial Carboniferous Arachnida of Great Britain 1-84

Belongs to Weygoldtina according to L. Prendini 2025

See also Dunlop 2018, Dunlop et al. 2013 and Pocock 1911

Sister taxon: Weygoldtina anglica

Type specimen: USNM 37969. Its type locality is Mazon Creek (USNM Collection), which is in a Westphalian D interdistributary bay mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Mazon Creek (USNM Collection)

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