Eophrynidae | |
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Fossils of Eophrynus prestvicii from Dudley, United Kingdom, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Trigonotarbida † |
Family: |
Eophrynidae † Karsch, 1882 |
Genera | |
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Synonyms | |
Hemiphrynidae Frič, 1904 |
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Hemiphrynidae Frič, 1904
Eophrynidae is a family of the extinct arachnid order Trigonotarbida. Eophrynids lived during the Carboniferous period in what is now modern Europe and North America.The family is probably found within the 'eophrynid assemblage' clade; (Aphantomartus (Alkenia (Pseudokreischeria (Kreischeria (Eophrynus + Pleophrynus))))).