Arthrolycosa

Taxobox
name = "Arthrolycosa"
status = fossil
fossil_range = Late Carboniferous to Late Permian
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Areneae
subordo =Mesothelae
familia = Arthrolycosidae
genus = "Arthrolycosa"
genus_authority = Harger, 1874
subdivision_ranks = species
subdivision =
*"A. antiqua"
*"A. danielsi"
*"A. carcinoides"

"Arthrolycosa" is an extinct genus of spiders that lived about 300-250 million years ago.

Its remains have been found Mazon Creek USA and in the Kirov Oblast region of Russia, which consisted of a single carapace. The carapace is about as wide as it is long. Just like present day spiders, "Arthrolycosa" possessed eight eyes.

External links

* [http://homepage.mac.com/paulselden/Sites/Website/Permarachne.pdf]
* [http://lists.wsu.edu/pipermail/bugnet/2001-July/000944.html]