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ATTERCOPUS

Attercopus

Extinct genus of spider-like arachnids

Attercopus is an extinct genus of arachnids, containing one species Attercopus fimbriunguis, known from flattened cuticle fossils from the Panther Mountain

Attercopus

Uraraneida

Order of arachnids

Uraraneida lack. Dunlop et al. (2015) accepted two species: Attercopus Selden & Shear, 1991 Attercopus fimbriunguis (Shear, Selden & Rolfe, 1987) – Devonian;

Uraraneida

Spider

Order of arachnids

and segmented abdomen, as well as eight legs and a pair of pedipalps. Attercopus fimbriunguis, from 386 million years ago in the Devonian period, bears

Spider

Arthropod

Phylum of invertebrates with jointed exoskeletons

Palaeotarbus jerami, from about 420 million years ago in the Silurian period. Attercopus fimbriunguis, from 386 million years ago in the Devonian period, bears

Arthropod

Permarachne

Extinct genus of spider-like arachnids

spiders but unlike them, it has a long thin tail, similar to its relative Attercopus, it is known from the mostly complete holotype PIN 4909/12. It is about

Permarachne

Evolution of spiders

Origin from a chelicerate ancestor and diversification of spiders through geologic time

ago. At one stage, Attercopus was claimed as the oldest fossil spider which lived 380 million years ago during the Devonian. Attercopus was placed as the

Evolution of spiders

Evolution_of_spiders

Palaeothele

Extinct genus of spiders

suggested the relationships shown in the cladogram below. (At the time, Attercopus was thought to be a spider; it is now considered to belong to a related

Palaeothele

Chelicerata

Subphylum of arthropods

and segmented abdomen, as well as eight legs and a pair of pedipalps. Attercopus fimbriunguis, from 386 million years ago in the Devonian period, bears

Chelicerata

Panther Mountain Formation

Geologic formation in New York, United States

for its fossil arthropods preserved as flattened cuticles, including Attercopus and Dracochela. Eye fragments of supposed archaeognathan affinities, and

Panther Mountain Formation

Panther_Mountain_Formation

List of the prehistoric life of New York

spiriferoides †Atops †Atrypa †Atrypa reticularis †Attercopus †Attercopus fimbriunguis †Attercopus fimbriungus †Aulatornoceras †Aulopora †Aulopora microbuccinata

List of the prehistoric life of New York

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List of the Paleozoic life of New York (state)

†Atrypina diparilis †Atrypina disparilis †Atrypina rugosa †Attercopus †Attercopus fimbriunguis †Attercopus fimbriungus †Aulacognathus †Aulacognathus latus †Aulatornoceras

List of the Paleozoic life of New York (state)

List_of_the_Paleozoic_life_of_New_York_(state)

1987 in paleontology

Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images Attercopus gen et sp nov Valid Shear et al. Givetian Gilboa, New York USA one of the oldest

1987 in paleontology

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