Meaning of trigonotarbid | Babel Free

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Any a group of extinct arachnids (order Trigonotarbida) of the late Silurian and early Permian periods, resembling spiders but without silk-producing spinnerets.

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“Around 70 different species of trigonotarbids have⟳ been recognised, mostly from the Carboniferous period, but some representatives are even older than the Rhynie Chert, pushing the origins of spider-like land⟳ animals back into the Silurian Period.”

“True spiders have⟳ not yet arisen, but trigonotarbids are arachnids that are superficially very similar.”

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