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Palaeocharinus

Arachnida - Trigonotarbida - Palaeocharinidae

Taxonomy

Palaeocharinus was named by Hirst (1923). Its type is Palaeocharinus rhyniensis. It is the type genus of Palaeocharinidae.

It was assigned to Palaeocharinidae by Hirst (1923), Petrunkevitch (1949), Petrunkevitch (1953), Shear (2000), Fayers et al. (2005), Dunlop et al. (2013).

Species

P. calmani, P. hornei, P. kidstoni, P. rhyniensis (type species), P. scourfieldi, P. tuberculatus

Synonyms

Palaeocharinoides was named by Hirst (1923).

It was synonymized subjectively with Palaeocharinus by Dunlop et al. (2013).

It was assigned to Palaeocharinidae by Hirst (1923), Petrunkevitch (1949), Petrunkevitch (1953).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1923	Palaeocharinoides Hirst p. 460
1923	Palaeocharinus Hirst p. 462
1949	Palaeocharinoides Petrunkevitch p. 237
1949	Palaeocharinus Petrunkevitch p. 237
1953	Palaeocharinoides Petrunkevitch p. 71
1953	Palaeocharinus Petrunkevitch p. 71
2000	Palaeocharinus Shear p. 25
2005	Palaeocharinus Fayers et al. p. 271
2013	Palaeocharinus Dunlop et al. p. 121

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
—	Deuteropoda
subphylum	Chelicerata	Heymons 1901
—	Euchelicerata	Weygoldt and Paulus 1979

Rank	Name	Author
—	Prosomapoda
—	Planaterga
—	Dekatriata
—	Sclerophorata	Kamenz et al. 2011
class	Arachnida	Lamarck 1801
—	Pantetrapulmonata
order	Trigonotarbida	()
family	Palaeocharinidae
genus	Palaeocharinus

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.

G. †Palaeocharinus Hirst 1923

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†Palaeocharinus calmani Hirst 1923

†Palaeocharinus hornei Hirst 1923

†Palaeocharinus kidstoni Hirst 1923

†Palaeocharinus rhyniensis Hirst 1923

†Palaeocharinus scourfieldi Hirst 1923

†Palaeocharinus tuberculatus Fayers et al. 2005

Invalid names: Palaeocharinoides Hirst 1923 [synonym]

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: Pragian or 413.02000 to 410.62000 Ma

Collections (5 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Pragian	413.02 - 410.62	United Kingdom (Scotland)	P. kidstoni (10721) P. sp. (153498 172778) P. sp., Palaeocharinoides hornei, P. rhyniensis, P. scourfieldi, P. calmani (172777) P. tuberculatus (153492)