A trigonotarbid arachnid referable to Anthracomartus voelkelianus Karsch, 1882 is described from the Late Carboniferous (Moscovian) (= Westphalian C) of Jerusalemsberg near Dobšiná in eastern Slovakia. This record is significant as both the first fossil arachnid formally described from Slovakia and, whilst it does not come from a classic Coal Measures locality with a terrestrial palaeoenvironment, the sediments were deposited in a marine—deltaic environment typical for arachnid fossils. An overview of the distribution of the 17 currently recognized species of Anthracomartidae is presented.
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1 March 2013
A Fossil Arachnid from Slovakia: The Carboniferous Trigonotarbid Anthracomartus voelkelianus Karsch, 1882
Matúš Hyžný,
Štefan Józsa,
Jason A. Dunlop,
Paul A. Seiden
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