New terrestrial arachnids from the Devonian of Gilboa, New York (Arachnida, Trigonotarbida)

Title Variants

Alternative: Terrestrial arachnids

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Series: American Museum novitates, no. 2901

By

Shear, William A.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, N.Y, American Museum of Natural History, c1987

Notes

Title from caption.

"November 17, 1987."

"Three new genera and seven new species of the arachnid order Trigonotarbida are described based on remarkably well preserved fossils from the late Middle Devonian (Givetian) of Gilboa, New York: Gilboarachne griersoni, Gelasinotarbus reticulatus, G. bonamoae, G. bifidus, G. heptops, G.? fimbriunguis, and Aculeatarbus depressus. A brief review of other known Devonian trigonotarbids is presented, and certain misconceptions about the order are rectified, including the nature of the eyes, chelicerae, claws, and abdominal segmentation. Trigonotarbida is shown by cladistic analysis to be the plesiomorphic sister-group of Araneae + Amblypygi + Uropygi + Schizomida"--P. 2.

Subjects

Aculeatarbus depressus , Arachnida, Fossil , Devonian , Gelasinotarbus , Gilboa Region , Gilboarachne griersoni , New York (State) , Paleontology

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.2901, 1987

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 18239653