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Palaeocharinus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Arachnida

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Trigonotarbida

Subphylum
  
Chelicerata

Family
  
Palaeocharinidae

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Trigonotarbida, Tetrapulmonata, Eophrynus, Lepidocaris, Eophrynus prestvicii

Garwood and dunlop supplemental data file 2 palaeocharinus video


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. The family to which the genus belongs may be paraphyletic.

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Garwood and dunlop supplemental data file 2 palaeocharinus video


Species

  • Palaeocharinus calmani (Hirst, 1923) – Early Devonian, Scotland
  • Palaeocharinus hornei (Hirst, 1923) – Early Devonian, Scotland
  • Palaeocharinus kidstoni (Hirst, 1923) – Early Devonian, Scotland
  • Palaeocharinus rhyniensis (Hirst, 1923) – Early Devonian, Scotland
  • Palaeocharinus scourfieldi (Hirst, 1923) – Early Devonian, Scotland
  • Palaeocharinus tuberculatus (Fayers, Dunlop & Trewin, 2005) – Early Devonian, Scotland

    • References

    Palaeocharinus Wikipedia
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