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A new, giant ricinuleid (Arachnida, Ricinulei), from the Pennsylvanian of Illinois, and the identification of a new, ontogenetically stable, diagnostic character

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Niall Whalen  and
Paul Selden Open the ORCID record for Paul Selden [Opens in a new window]
Niall Whalen
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA Present address: Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL32306, USA
Paul Selden*
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA Natural History Museum, London, LondonSW7 5BD, UK
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Abstract

A new fossil ricinuleid, Curculioides bohemondi n. sp., from the Pennsylvanian Energy Shale of Illinois is described from a single specimen. It is the largest ricinuleid species yet described, living or extinct. The Energy Shale represents a new geographic locale for fossil ricinuleids, a sparsely distributed group. The species is distinguished from other members within the genus by the possession of very large (0.09 mm) carapace tubercles at a very low (30 mm-2) density. Statistical analyses are performed on extant and fossil ricinuleids to determine how their tubercles change throughout ontogeny, culminating in the recovery of a new ontogenetically stable diagnostic character: the tubercle coefficient (a measure of the size of the tubercles relative to body size).

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 95 , Issue 3 , May 2021 , pp. 601 - 612
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