- Graeophonus
Taxobox
name = "Graeophonus"
fossil_range =Carboniferous
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
classis =Arachnid a
ordo =Amblypygi
subordo =Paleoamblypygi
familia = "incertae sedis"
genus = "Graeophonus"
genus_authority = Scudder, 1890
species = "G. anglicus"
binomial = "Graeophonus anglicus"
binomial_authority = Pocock, 1911
species2 = "G. carbonarius"
binomial2 = "Graeophonus carbonarius"
binomial2_authority = (Scudder, 1876)"Graeophonus" is an extinct genus of tailless whip scorpion. It has not been found a place in a family yet.
"G. anglicus" was found in Europe, "G. carbonarius" was originally described as "Libellula carbonaria" in 1876. It has been found in North America.
These forms resemble recent forms of amblypygids.
References
* [http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/Amblypygi1.txt Taxonomic information]
* Scudder, S.H. (1876). A century of Orthoptera. Decade VI. Forficulariae (North America). "Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist." 18:257-264Further reading
* Zhou, G. (2003). A redescription of the whipspider "Graeophonus anglicus". [http://palaeo.gly.bris.ac.uk/MSc/research-past.html]
* Dunlop, J.A. (1994). An Upper Carboniferous amblypygid from the Writhlington Geological Nature Reserve. "Proceedings of the Geologists' Association" 105:245-250. [http://members.tripod.com/~DrJasonDunlop/pj3.html]External links
* [http://www.museumoftheearth.org/pgs/adoptatile.php?section=26&tile=313 Fossil including "G. analicus" (sic)]
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