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Sclerosomatidae

Arachnida - Opiliones - Sclerosomatidae

Taxonomy
Sclerosomatidae was named by Simon (1879). It is extant.

It was assigned to Eupnoi by Huang et al. (2009); and to Phalangioidea by Dunlop et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Sclerosomatidae Simon
2009Sclerosomatidae Huang et al. p. 957
2013Sclerosomatidae Dunlop et al. p. 41

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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
Stomothecata
orderOpilionesSundevall 1833
PhalangidaBristowe 1949
suborderEupnoiHansen and Sorensen 1904
superfamilyPhalangioidea
familySclerosomatidaeSimon 1879
familySclerosomatidaeSimon 1879

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.

Fm. Sclerosomatidae Simon 1879
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G. †Amauropilio Mello-Leitao 1937
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Amauropilio atavus Cockerell 1907
Amauropilio lacoei Petrunkevitch 1922
G. Cosmobunus Simon 1879
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Cosmobunus sagani Palencia et al. 2019
G. Leiobunum Koch 1839
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Leiobunum longipes Menge 1854
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Invalid names: Leiobunum inclusum Roewer 1939 [synonym]
G. †Mesobunus Huang et al. 2009
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Mesobunus dunlopi Giribet et al. 2012
Mesobunus martensi Huang et al. 2009
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Callovian to the top of the Orleanian or 166.10000 to 15.97000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 157.3 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3China (Nei Mongol) Mesobunus dunlopi (113362) Mesobunus martensi (113371)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland Leiobunum longipes (110737 120811 120813 123215 153481)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Halle) Leiobunum longipes (129227)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Leiobunum inclusum (123870)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Leptobunus atavus (106381) Phalangium lacoei (124624)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.97Spain Cosmobunus sagani (122985)