Xenarachne Dunlop and Poschmann 1997 (arthropod)

Arachnida - Tetrapulmonata

Full reference: J. A. Dunlop and M. Poschmann. 1997. On the Emsian (Lower Devonian) arthropods of the Rhenish Schiefergebirge: 1. Xenarachne, an enigmatic arachnid from Willwerath, Germany. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 71:231-236

Parent taxon: Tetrapulmonata according to J. A. Dunlop and M. Poschmann 1997

Sister taxa: Eocteniza, Protocteniza, Rakovnicia, Schizotarsata, Serikodiastida

Subtaxa: Xenarachne willwerathensis

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Type: Xenarachne willwerathensis

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Willwerath (Mainz collection) (Devonian of Germany)

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