trigonotarbid
English
Etymology
From order name Trigonotarbida.
Noun
trigonotarbid (plural trigonotarbids)
- Any a group of extinct arachnids (order Trigonotarbida) of the late Silurian and early Permian periods, resembling spiders but without silk-producing spinnerets.
- 2018, Elsa Panciroli, The Guardian, 7 March:
- 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.
- 2018, Elsa Panciroli, The Guardian, 7 March: