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Araneus molassicus

Arachnida - Araneae - Araneidae

Taxonomy
Epeira molassica was named by Heer (1864). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Oeningen (Zurich collection), which is in a Sarmatian crater lake limestone in the Upper Freshwater-Molasse Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Araneus molassicus by Dunlop et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Epeira molassica Heer p. 356 fig. 221
2013Araneus molassicus Dunlop et al. p. 161

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
—EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
—Prosomapoda
—Planaterga
—Dekatriata
—SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
RankNameAuthor
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
—Pantetrapulmonata
subclassTetrapulmonataSchultz 1990
—Serikodiastida
orderAraneae
suborderOpisthothelaePocock 1892
infraorderAraneomorphaeSmith 1902
—EntelegynaeSimon 1893
superfamilyAraneoideaSimon 1895
—Orbipurae
familyAraneidaeSimon 1895
genusAraneus
speciesmolassicus()

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.

†Araneus molassicus Heer 1864
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available