Palaeocharinus


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. The family to which the genus belongs may be paraphyletic.

Species

  • Palaeocharinus calmani – Early Devonian, Scotland
  • Palaeocharinus hornei – Early Devonian, Scotland
  • Palaeocharinus kidstoni – Early Devonian, Scotland
  • Palaeocharinus rhyniensis – Early Devonian, Scotland
  • Palaeocharinus scourfieldi – Early Devonian, Scotland
  • Palaeocharinus tuberculatus – Early Devonian, Scotland