Cryptomartus hindi
| Cryptomartus hindi Temporal range: Westphalian
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | †Trigonotarbida |
| Family: | †Anthracomartidae |
| Genus: | † |
| Species: | †C. hindi
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| Binomial name | |
| †Cryptomartus hindi (Pocock, 1911)
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Cryptomartus hindi is an extinct species of Carboniferous-aged trigonotarbid arachnid from Westphalian-aged coal strata in England and Germany.
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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