Kreischeria Explained

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 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]

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

Notes and References

1. Ronny Rößler . Jason A. Dunlop . amp . 1997 . Redescription of the largest trigonotarbid arachnid – Kreischeria wiedei Geinitz 1882 from the Upper Carboniferous of Zwickau, Germany . . 71 . 3–4 . 237–245 . 10.1007/BF02988493. 129447249 .