Carboniferous arachnid
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phylum | Arthropoda | An unnamed Carboniferous arachnid of the order Solifugae is shown in the TV series Primeval. The figure has distinctive pincher-like chelicerae. This creature was based on Carboniferous fossil fragments originally classified as a spider, but now thought to be a scorpion.
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subphylum | Chelicerata | |
class | Arachnida | |
order | Solifugae | |
family | † Protosolpugidae ? | |
Period | Carboniferous |