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''Protosolpuga carbonaria'' is an extinct species of solifuges, the only one of the genus ''Protosolpuga'' and the family Protosolpugidae. This Carboniferous camel spider was discovered in the
Mazon Creek fossil beds The Mazon Creek fossil beds are a conservation ' found near Morris, in Grundy County, Illinois. The fossils are preserved in ironstone concretions, formed approximately in the mid- Pennsylvanian epoch of the Carboniferous period. These concr ...
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Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. It borders on Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash River, Wabash and Ohio River, Ohio rivers to its ...
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Solifugae Carboniferous arthropods Carboniferous animals of North America Fossils of the United States Paleontology in Illinois Fossil taxa described in 1913 {{Chelicerata-stub