Euchelicerata - Eurypterida - Mycteropidae

Full reference: M. A. Hünicken. 1980. A giant fossil spider (Megarachne servinei) from Bajo de Veliz, Upper Carboniferous, Argentina. Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias 53(3-4):317-325

Parent taxon: Mycteropidae according to J. C. Lamsdell et al. 2010

See also Dunlop et al. 2020, Hünicken 1980 and Selden et al. 2005

Sister taxa: Mycterops, Woodwardopterus

Subtaxa: Megarachne servinei

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Type: Megarachne servinei

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Bajo de Veliz (CORD collection) (Carboniferous of Argentina)

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