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Plesiosiro madeleyi

Arachnida - Haptopoda - Plesiosironidae

Taxonomy
Plesiosiro madeleyi was named by Pocock (1911). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Coseley, near Dudley (Madeley coll), which is in a Westphalian B interdistributary bay shale in the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Plesiosiro.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Plesiosiro madeleyi Pocock p. 44 figs. Pl 2, fig 5; text-figs 15,16
1949Plesiosiro madeleyi Petrunkevitch p. 186 figs. 94, 95, 96-103, 229, 230, 232, 233, 236, 237
1953Plesiosiro madeleyi Petrunkevitch p. 58
1999Plesiosiro madeleyi Dunlop p. 44 figs. 1-9
2013Plesiosiro madeleyi Dunlop et al. p. 189

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
—EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
—Prosomapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Planaterga
—Dekatriata
—SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
—Pantetrapulmonata
subclassTetrapulmonataSchultz 1990
—Schizotarsata
orderHaptopoda
familyPlesiosironidae
genusPlesiosiro
speciesmadeleyi

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Plesiosiro madeleyi Pocock 1911
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Grouping: solitaryc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 09:55:58
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:55:58
Source: c = class
Reference: Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Westphalian B or 316.90000 to 314.60000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian B316.9 - 314.6United Kingdom (Staffordshire) Plesiosiro madeleyi (type locality: 34906 34907 34908 34910 155449)
Westphalian B316.9 - 314.6United Kingdom (England) Plesiosiro madeleyi (125238)