Re: paleonet Solpugids

["Cary Easterday" <xenoblatta@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear colleagues,

The oldest reported Solpugid is from Mazon Creek (Carboniferous: 
Pennsylvanian: Desmoinesian) (Beall and Selden, 1997).  Solpugids are also 
rarely found in Cenozoic amber (Beall and Selden, 1997).

Reference:

Beall, B. S., and P. A. Selden. 1997. Arachnida, p. 140-154. In C. W. 
Shabica and A. A. Hay (eds.), Richardson's Guide to The Fossil Fauna of 
Mazon Creek.  Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago.


For more information on fossil non-marine arthropods, I recommend the 
PaleoGeoArthropoda (PGA) website at 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/paleogeoarthropoda/

Best Regards,

Cary R. Easterday, Lecturer

Northeastern Illinois University
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----Original Message Follows----
From: Roy Plotnick <plotnick@uic.edu>
Reply-To: paleonet@nhm.ac.uk
To: paleonet@nhm.ac.uk
Subject: Re: paleonet Solpugids
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 10:30:13 -0500

Carl Mehling wrote:
>Does anyone know how far solpugids go back in the fossil record?
>
>Carl Mehling
>Fossil Amphibian, Reptile, and Bird Collections
>Division of Paleontology
>American Museum of Natural History
>Central Park West @79th Street
>New York, NY  10024
>(212) 769-5849
>Fax: (212) 769-5842
>cosm@amnh.org
>
See:
P. A. Selden and W. A. Shear. 1996. The first mesozoic Solifugae 
(Arachnida), from the Cretaceous of Brazil, and a redescription of the 
Palaeozoic Solifuge. /Palaeontology/ *39**(3)*:583-604

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