Palaeocharinus
| Palaeocharinus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Trigonotarbida |
| Family: | Palaeocharinidae |
| Genus: | Palaeocharinus Hirst, 1923 |
| Type species | |
| Palaeocharinus rhyniensis Hirst, 1923 | |
Palaeocharinus is a genus of extinct trigonotarbid arachnids known from the Devonian of western Europe. The genus was first found and described in the Rhynie chert in the 1920s by Arthur Stanley Hirst and S. Maulik.[1][2]
Species
- Palaeocharinus calmani (Hirst, 1923) – Early Devonian, Scotland
- Palaeocharinus hornei (Hirst, 1923) – Early Devonian, Scotland
- Palaeocharinus kidstoni (Hirst, 1923) – Early Devonan, Scotland
- Palaeocharinus rhyniensis (Hirst, 1923) – Early Devonian, Scotland
- Palaeocharinus scourfieldi (Hirst, 1923) – Early Devonian, Scotland[3]
- Palaeocharinus tuberculatus (Fayers, Dunlop & Trewin, 2005) – Early Devonian, Scotland[4]
References
- ↑ Selden, Paul; Nudds, John (2012). Evolution of Fossil Ecosystems. Academic Press. p. 85. ISBN 9780124046290.
- ↑ B.B. Rohdendorf; Donald R. Davis, ed. (1991). Fundamentals of Paleontology. Vol. 9. Arthropoda — Tracheata and Chelicerata. Smithsonian Institution Libraries and The National Science Foundation. pp. 737–740.
- ↑ Petrunkevitch, Alexander (1953). Paleozoic and Mesozoic Arachnida of Europe 53. Geological Society of America. p. 71. ISBN 9780813710532.
- ↑ "Palaeocharinus tuberculatus". Fossilworks. Retrieved 25 July 2014.