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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