†family Archaeorchestidae Arillo and Subías 2000 (oribatid mite)
Arachnida - Acariformes - Archaeorchestidae
Full reference: A. Arillo and L. S. Subías. 2000. A new fossil oribatid mite, Archaeorchestes minguezae n. gen. n. sp. from the Spanish Lower Cretaceous amber. Description of a new family Archaeorchestidae (Acariformes, Oribatida, Zetorchestoidea). Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut der Universität Hamburg 84:231-236
Parent taxon: Zetorchestoidea according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013
See also Arillo and Subías 2000
Sister taxa: Eremaeidae, Zetorchestidae
Subtaxa: Plategeocranus Strieremaeus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Poland (2 collections), the Russian Federation (6), Ukraine (2)
• Cretaceous of Spain (1)
Total: 11 collections including 17 occurrences