Palaeocharinus Explained

Palaeocharinus is a genus of extinct trigonotarbid arachnids known from the Devonian of western Europe. The genus was first found and described in the Rhynie chert in the 1920s by Arthur Stanley Hirst and S. Maulik.^{[1] [2] [3]} The family to which the genus belongs may be paraphyletic.^[4]

Species

• Palaeocharinus calmani (Hirst, 1923) – Early Devonian, Scotland
• Palaeocharinus hornei (Hirst, 1923) – Early Devonian, Scotland
• Palaeocharinus kidstoni (Hirst, 1923) – Early Devonian, Scotland
• Palaeocharinus rhyniensis (Hirst, 1923) – Early Devonian, Scotland
• Palaeocharinus scourfieldi (Hirst, 1923) – Early Devonian, Scotland^[5]
• Palaeocharinus tuberculatus (Fayers, Dunlop & Trewin, 2005) – Early Devonian, Scotland^[6]

Notes and References

1. Book: Selden, Paul. Nudds, John . Evolution of Fossil Ecosystems. Academic Press. 2012. 85. 9780124046290.
2. Book: Fundamentals of Paleontology. Vol. 9. Arthropoda — Tracheata and Chelicerata. v 9. B.B. Rohdendorf . Donald R. Davis. 1991. Smithsonian Institution Libraries and The National Science Foundation. 737–740.
3. Garwood . Russell J. . Dunlop . Jason . July 2014 . The walking dead: Blender as a tool for paleontologists with a case study on extinct arachnids . . 88 . 4 . 735–746 . 10.1666/13-088 . 0022-3360 . 2015-07-21.
4. Trigonotarbus johnsoni Pocock, 1911, revealed by X-ray computed tomography, with a cladistic analysis of the extinct trigonotarbid arachnids. Russell J.. Garwood. Fiona. Jones. Jason A.. Dunlop. Matthew. Friedman. 2014. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 172. 1. 49–70. 10.1111/zoj.12167.
5. Book: Petrunkevitch, Alexander . Alexander Petrunkevitch

   . Alexander Petrunkevitch. Paleozoic and Mesozoic Arachnida of Europe. Geological Society of America. 1953. 53. 71. 9780813710532.

6. Web site: Palaeocharinus tuberculatus. Fossilworks. 17 December 2021.