Kreischeria is a genus of extinct trigonotarbid arachnids known from the Carboniferous of Germany.
| Kreischeria Temporal range: Late Carboniferous,
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| Kreischeria specimen at Vienna | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | †Trigonotarbida |
| Family: | †Kreischeriidae |
| Genus: | †Kreischeria Geinitz, 1882 |
| Type species | |
| Kreischeria wiedei Geinitz, 1882
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In a redescription of the genus, Kreischeria wiedei was recognised by Rößler and Dunlop as by far largest of all trigontarbids, measuring around 51 millimetres (2.0 in) in length.[1]
History
editKreischeria was first described by Geinitz in 1882, where it was erroneously identified as a Pseudoscorpion. Haase later identified the genus correctly as a trigontarbid, but under the original name Anthracomarti. Fairly recently, the holotype was rediscovered after being lost for many years, and in 1997 the genus was described in detail.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Ronny Rößler & Jason A. Dunlop (1997). "Redescription of the largest trigonotarbid arachnid – Kreischeria wiedei Geinitz 1882 from the Upper Carboniferous of Zwickau, Germany". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 71 (3–4): 237–245. doi:10.1007/BF02988493. S2CID 129447249.3–4&rft.pages=237-245&rft.date=1997&rft_id=info:doi/10.1007/BF02988493&rft_id=https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:129447249#id-name=S2CID&rft.au=Ronny Rößler&rft.au=Jason A. Dunlop&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Kreischeria" class="Z3988">
Further reading
edit- J. A. Dunlop, D. Penney, and D. Jekel. 2013. A summary list of fossil spiders and their relatives. In N. Platnick (ed.), The World Spider Catalog, version 14.0. American Museum of Natural History