Eophrynidae
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Eophrynidae is a family of the extinct arachnid
order Trigonotarbida
. Eophrynids lived during the Carboniferous
period in what is now modern Europe and North America.
Arachnid
Arachnids are a class of joint-legged invertebrate animals in the subphylum Chelicerata. All arachnids have eight legs, although in some species the front pair may convert to a sensory function. The term is derived from the Greek words , meaning "spider".Almost all extant arachnids are terrestrial...
order Trigonotarbida
Trigonotarbida
The Order Trigonotarbida is an extinct group of arachnids whose fossil record extends from the late Silurian to the early Permian . These animals are known from several localities in Europe and North America, as well as a single record from Argentina. Trigonotarbids can be envisaged as spider-like...
. Eophrynids lived during the Carboniferous
Carboniferous
The Carboniferous is a geologic period and system that extends from the end of the Devonian Period, about 359.2 ± 2.5 Mya , to the beginning of the Permian Period, about 299.0 ± 0.8 Mya . The name is derived from the Latin word for coal, carbo. Carboniferous means "coal-bearing"...
period in what is now modern Europe and North America.
Genera
- Areomartus Petrunkevitch, 1913
- EophrynusEophrynusEophrynus is an extinct genus of arachnids from the trigonotarbid group, which lived during the Late Carboniferous period in Europe. The genus was first described in 1871 by Henry Woodward . The name comes from Eo, meaning 'dawn', and Phrynus, a genus of living whip spider .Two species have been...
Woodward, 1871 - Nyranytarbus Harvey & Selden, 1995
- Petrovicia Frič, 1904
- Planomartus Petrunkevitch, 1953
- Pleophrynus Petrunkevitch, 1945
- Pocononia Petrunkevitch, 1953
- Somaspidion Jux, 1982
- Stenotrogulus Frič, 1904
- Vratislavia Frič, 1904