Attercopus
Name:
Attercopus.
Phonetic: At-ter-coe-pus.
Named By: P. A. Selden & W. A.
Shear - 1991.
Classification: Arthropoda, Chelicerata,
Arachnida, Uraraneida.
Species: A. fimbriunguis
(type).
Diet: Insectivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: USA, New York.
Time period: Mid Devonian.
Fossil representation: Almost complete.
Attercopus was spider-like, but was not a true spider. Attercopus had a segmented tail and silk producing organs, but probably only used silk for constructing shelters and wrapping eggs, rather than constructing elaborate webs.
Further reading
- New terrestrial arachnids from the Devonian of Gilboa, New York.
- American Museum Novitates 2901: 1–74. - William A.
Shear, Paul A. Selden, W. D. I. Rolfe, Patricia M.
Bonamo & James D. Grierson - 1987.
- A spider and other arachnids from the Devonian of New York, and
reinterpretations of Devonian Araneae. - Palaeontology 34:
241–281. - Paul A. Selden, William A. Shear &
Patricia M. Bonamo - 1991.
- Taxonomic names, in A spider and other arachnids from the
Devonian of New York, and reinterpretations of Devonian Araneae. -
Palaeontology 34:241-281. - P. A. Selden & W.
A. Shear - 1991.
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