Douglassarachne
Extinct species of arachnid / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Douglassarachne is an extinct genus of arachnid from the Late Carboniferous (Moscovian), known from single species D. acanthopoda. It is known exclusively from one specimen recovered from the Mazon Creek Lagerstätte, Illinois, US.
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Douglassarachne | |
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Holotype specimen | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Clade: | Pantetrapulmonata |
Genus: | †Douglassarachne Selden and Dunlop, 2024 |
Species: | †D. acanthopoda |
Binomial name | |
†Douglassarachne acanthopoda Selden and Dunlop, 2024 | |
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This arachnid is characterized by having large spines on its legs. It is unknown which group this arachnid specifically belongs to.