Megarachne

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Mycteropoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Merostomata Ordo: †Eurypterida Subordo: †Stylonurina Superfamilia: †Mycteropoidea

Familia: †Mycteropidae
Genus: †Megarachne
Species: †M. servinei

Megarachne Hünicken, 1980

Holotype: Museum of Paleontology of the University of Córdoba, Argentina.

Hünicken, H.A. 1980. A giant fossil spider (Megarachne servinei) from Bajo de Véliz, Upper Carboniferous, Argentina. Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias 53(3–4): 317–341. Reference page.
Selden, P.A., Corronca, J.A. & Hünicken, M.A. 2005. The true identity of the supposed giant fossil spider Megarachne. Biology Letters 1: 44–48. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2004.0272 Reference page.