A new trigonotarbid arachnid from the Coal Measures of Hagen-Vorhalle, Germany by J. A. Dunlop, C. Brauckmann

“…Originally assigned to Trigonotarbus johnsoni Pocock, 1911, our new fossil has a distinctly lobed carapace and thus resembles more closely the Early Devonian species Archaeomartus levis Størmer, 1970. In carapace morphology Archaeomartus approaches the condition seen in the larger and more heavily-armoured taxa Eophrynidae, Kreischeriidae and Aphantomartidae. …”
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A new trigonotarbid arachnid from the Coal Measures of Hagen-Vorhalle, Germany by J. A. Dunlop, C. Brauckmann

“…Originally assigned to <i>Trigonotarbus johnsoni</i> Pocock, 1911, our new fossil has a distinctly lobed carapace and thus resembles more closely the Early Devonian species <i>Archaeomartus levis</i> Størmer, 1970. In carapace morphology <i>Archaeomartus</i> approaches the condition seen in the larger and more heavily-armoured taxa Eophrynidae, Kreischeriidae and Aphantomartidae. …”
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