†family Protochthoniidae Norton et al. 1988 (oribatid mite)
Arachnida - Acariformes - Protochthoniidae
Full reference: R. A. Norton, P. M. Bonamo, J. D. Grierson and W. A. Shear. 1988. Oribatid mite fossils from a terrestrial Devonian deposit near Gilboa, New York. Journal of Paleontology 62(2):259-269
Parent taxon: Enarthronota according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013
See also Norton et al. 1988
Sister taxa: Devonacaridae, Hypochthonioidea, Prothoplophoroidea
Subtaxa: Protochthonius
Type: Protochthonius
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Brown Mountain Gilboa (Devonian of New York)