| Kreischeria Temporal range:
Late Carboniferous,
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| Kreischeria specimen at Vienna | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | † Trigonotarbida |
| Family: | † Kreischeriidae |
| Genus: | †
Kreischeria Geinitz, 1882 |
| Type species | |
| Kreischeria wiedei Geinitz, 1882
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Kreischeria is a genus of extinct trigonotarbid arachnids known from the Carboniferous of Germany.
In a redescription of the genus, Kreischeria wiedei was recognised by Rößler and Dunlop as by far largest of all trigontarbids, measuring around 51 millimetres (2.0 in) in length. [1]
History
Kreischeria was first described by Geinitz in 1882, where it was erroneously identified as a Pseudoscorpion. Haase later identified the genus correctly as a trigontarbid, but under the original name Anthracomarti. Fairly recently, the holotype was rediscovered after being lost for many years, and in 1997 the genus was described in detail. [1]
References
- ^ a b Ronny Rößler & Jason A. Dunlop (1997). "Redescription of the largest trigonotarbid arachnid – Kreischeria wiedei Geinitz 1882 from the Upper Carboniferous of Zwickau, Germany". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 71 (3–4): 237–245. doi: 10.1007/BF02988493. S2CID 129447249.
Further reading
- J. A. Dunlop, D. Penney, and D. Jekel. 2013. A summary list of fossil spiders and their relatives. In N. Platnick (ed.), The World Spider Catalog, version 14.0. American Museum of Natural History
| Kreischeria Temporal range:
Late Carboniferous,
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|---|---|
|
| |
| Kreischeria specimen at Vienna | |
|
Scientific classification
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | † Trigonotarbida |
| Family: | † Kreischeriidae |
| Genus: | †
Kreischeria Geinitz, 1882 |
| Type species | |
| Kreischeria wiedei Geinitz, 1882
| |
Kreischeria is a genus of extinct trigonotarbid arachnids known from the Carboniferous of Germany.
In a redescription of the genus, Kreischeria wiedei was recognised by Rößler and Dunlop as by far largest of all trigontarbids, measuring around 51 millimetres (2.0 in) in length. [1]
History
Kreischeria was first described by Geinitz in 1882, where it was erroneously identified as a Pseudoscorpion. Haase later identified the genus correctly as a trigontarbid, but under the original name Anthracomarti. Fairly recently, the holotype was rediscovered after being lost for many years, and in 1997 the genus was described in detail. [1]
References
- ^ a b Ronny Rößler & Jason A. Dunlop (1997). "Redescription of the largest trigonotarbid arachnid – Kreischeria wiedei Geinitz 1882 from the Upper Carboniferous of Zwickau, Germany". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 71 (3–4): 237–245. doi: 10.1007/BF02988493. S2CID 129447249.
Further reading
- J. A. Dunlop, D. Penney, and D. Jekel. 2013. A summary list of fossil spiders and their relatives. In N. Platnick (ed.), The World Spider Catalog, version 14.0. American Museum of Natural History