Douglassarachne acanthopoda Selden and Dunlop 2024 (arthropod)

Arachnida - Pantetrapulmonata

Full reference: P. A. Selden and J. A. Dunlop. 2024. A remarkable spiny arachnid from the Pennsylvanian Mazon Creek Lagerstätte, Illinois. Journal of Paleontology 98:395-401

Belongs to Douglassarachne according to P. A. Selden and J. A. Dunlop 2024

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: FMNH PE 91366, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Pit 15, Northern Mine tip, which is in a Westphalian D terrestrial shale in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Pit 15, Northern Mine tip

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