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A trigonotarbid arachnid from the Pennsylvanian of Kansas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

David F. Wright
Affiliation:
1,2Paleontological Institute and Department of Geology, University of Kansas, Lindley Hall, 1475 Jayhawk Boulevard, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA
Paul A. Selden
Affiliation:
1Department of Geological Sciences, 316 Clippinger Laboratories, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, USA, ;

Abstract

Two new specimens of a trigonotarbid arachnid are described from Upper Pennsylvanian (Virgilian) rocks of Kansas, U.S.A., from a horizon which elsewhere has yielded scorpion and mite remains. They are the first representatives of the arachnid order Trigonotarbida to be found in Kansas. The specimens are referred to the genus Anthracomartus but are not identified to species pending revision of the American anthracomartids.

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