[Rockhounds] 308-Million-Year-Old Fossil of Remarkable Spiny Arachnid Found in Illinois

[Paul]

Illinois coal forests home to unique arachnid with spiny legs

Staff Writer, MiningCom, May 24, 2024

https://www.mining.com/illinois-coal-forests-homed-unique-arachnid-with-spiny-legs-study/

308-Million-Year-Old Fossil of Remarkable Spiny Arachnid Found in Illinois

by News Staff, SciNews, May 20, 2024

https://www.sci.news/paleontology/douglassarachne-acanthopoda-12947.html#google_vignette

The open access paper is:

Selden, P.A. and Dunlop, J.A., 2024. A remarkable spiny

arachnid from the Pennsylvanian Mazon Creek Lagerstätte,

Illinois. Journal of Paleontology, pp.1-7, May 17, 2024

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-paleontology/article/remarkable-spiny-arachnid-from-the-pennsylvanian-mazon-creek-lagerstatte-illinois/0E1B32BAFCAEA067018EF9BF349F8B81

Yours,

Paul H.