Cryptomartus hindi
Cryptomartus hindi is an extinct species of Carboniferous-aged trigonotarbid arachnid from Westphalian-aged coal strata in England and Germany.
| Cryptomartus hindi Temporal range: Westphalian | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | †Trigonotarbida |
| Family: | †Anthracomartidae |
| Genus: | †Cryptomartus |
| Species: | †C. hindi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Cryptomartus hindi (Pocock, 1911) | |
3-D modeling
Scientists at Imperial College London created a detailed 3D computer model of the arachnid from fossils.[1][2]
References
- "Scary Ancient 'Spiders' Revealed In 3D Models, With New Imaging Technique". ScienceDaily. August 5, 2009.
- Garwood, R.; Dunlop, J. A.; Sutton, M. D. (2009). "High-fidelity X-ray micro-tomography reconstruction of siderite-hosted Carboniferous arachnids". Biology Letters. 5 (6): 841–844. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2009.0464. PMC 2828000. PMID 19656861.
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