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Palpimanoidea

Arachnida - Araneae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Palpimanoidea Forster and Platnick
2013Palpimanoidea Dunlop et al.
2017Palpimanoidea Wheeler et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
—EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
—Prosomapoda
—Planaterga
RankNameAuthor
—Dekatriata
—SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
—Pantetrapulmonata
subclassTetrapulmonataSchultz 1990
—Serikodiastida
orderAraneae
suborderOpisthothelaePocock 1892
infraorderAraneomorphaeSmith 1902
superfamilyPalpimanoideaForster and Platnick 1984
superfamilyPalpimanoideaForster and Platnick 1984

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.

Superfm. Palpimanoidea Forster and Platnick 1984
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Fm. Archaeidae Koch and Berendt 1854
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G. Afrarchaea Forster and Platnick 1984
G. †Archaea Koch and Berendt 1854
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†Archaea bitterfeldensis Wunderlich 2004
†Archaea compacta Wunderlich 2004
†Archaea paradoxa Koch and Berendt 1854
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Invalid names: Archaea laevigata Koch and Berendt 1854 [synonym]
†Archaea pougneti Simon 1884
Subfm. Archaeinae Koch and Berendt 1854
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G. †Archaemecys Saupe and Selden 2009
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†Archaemecys arcantiensis Saupe and Selden 2009
G. †Burmesarchaea Wunderlich 2008
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†Burmesarchaea alissa Wunderlich 2017
†Burmesarchaea bilongapophyses Wunderlich 2020
†Burmesarchaea caudata Wunderlich 2017
†Burmesarchaea crassicaput Wunderlich 2017
†Burmesarchaea crassichelae Wunderlich 2017
†Burmesarchaea gibber Wunderlich 2017
†Burmesarchaea gibberoides Wunderlich 2017
†Burmesarchaea gibbosa Wunderlich 2017
†Burmesarchaea grimaldii Penney 2003
†Burmesarchaea longicollum Wunderlich 2017
†Burmesarchaea propinqua Wunderlich 2017
†Burmesarchaea pseudogibber Wunderlich 2017
†Burmesarchaea pustulata Wunderlich 2017
†Burmesarchaea quadrata Wunderlich 2017
†Burmesarchaea speciosa Wunderlich 2008
Invalid names: Lacunaucheniinae Wunderlich 2008 [synonym]
G. †Baltarchaea Eskov 1992
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†Baltarchaea conica Koch and Berendt 1854
G. †Eoarchaea Forster and Platnick 1984
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†Eoarchaea hyperoptica Menge 1854
†Eoarchaea vidua Wunderlich 2004
G. †Eomysmauchenius Wunderlich 2008
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†Eomysmauchenius cretaceominimus Peng et al. 2023
†Eomysmauchenius dubius Wunderlich 2017
†Eomysmauchenius longissipes Wunderlich 2015
†Eomysmauchenius ovata Wunderlich 2017
G. Eriauchenius Cambridge 1881
G. Madagascarchaea Wood and Scharff 2018
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Invalid names: Archaea copalensis Lourenço 2000 [synonym]
G. †Myrmecarchaea Wunderlich 2004
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†Myrmecarchaea antecessor Carbuccia et al. 2020
†Myrmecarchaea pediculus Wunderlich 2004
†Myrmecarchaea petiolus Wunderlich 2004
G. †Patarchaea Selden et al. 2008
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†Patarchaea muralis Selden et al. 2008
G. †Saxonarchaea Wunderlich 2004
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†Saxonarchaea dentata Wunderlich 2004
†Saxonarchaea diabolica Wunderlich 2004
Subfm. †Spiniarchaeinae Wunderlich 2021
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G. †Spiniarchaea Wunderlich 2021
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†Spiniarchaea aberrans Wunderlich 2021
Invalid names: Jurarchaeinae Eskov 1987 [empty]
G. †Caestaranea Selden et al. 2019
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†Caestaranea jurassica Selden et al. 2019
G. †Jurarchaea Eskov 1987
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†Jurarchaea zherikhini Eskov 1987
Fm. †Lagonomegopidae Eskov and Wunderlich 1995
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G. †Albiburmops Wunderlich 2017
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†Albiburmops annulipes Wunderlich 2017
G. †Archaelagonops Wunderlich 2012
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†Archaelagonops alavensis Penney 2006
†Archaelagonops propinquus Wunderlich 2015
†Archaelagonops salticoides Wunderlich 2012
†Archaelagonops scorsum Wunderlich 2015
G. †Burlagonomegops Penney 2005
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†Burlagonomegops eskovi Penney 2005
G. †Cymbiolagonops Wunderlich 2015
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†Cymbiolagonops cymbiocalcar Wunderlich 2015
G. †Hiatomegops Guo et al. 2021
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†Hiatomegops spinalis Guo et al. 2021
G. †Jinjumegops Park et al. 2019
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†Jinjumegops dalingwateri Park et al. 2019
G. †Koreamegops Park et al. 2019
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†Koreamegops samsiki Park et al. 2019
G. †Lagonoburmops Wunderlich 2012
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†Lagonoburmops plumosus Wunderlich 2012
G. †Lagonomegops Eskov and Wunderlich 1995
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†Lagonomegops americanus Penney 2005
†Lagonomegops cor Pérez-de la Fuente et al. 2013
†Lagonomegops sukatchevae Eskov and Wunderlich 1995
†Lagonomegops tuber Wunderlich 2015
G. †Lineaburmops Wunderlich 2015
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†Lineaburmops beigeli Wunderlich 2015
†Lineaburmops hirsutipes Wunderlich 2015
†Lineaburmops longiantepes Guo et al. 2024
†Lineaburmops maculatus Wunderlich 2017
†Lineaburmops rhombus Guo et al. 2024
G. †Myanlagonops Wunderlich 2012
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†Myanlagonops gracilipes Wunderlich 2012
G. †Odontomegops Guo and Selden 2019
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†Odontomegops titan Guo and Selden 2019
G. †Parviburmops Wunderlich 2015
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†Parviburmops bigibber Wunderlich 2017
†Parviburmops brevipalpus Wunderlich 2015
G. †Paxillomegops Wunderlich 2015
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†Paxillomegops brevipes Wunderlich 2015
†Paxillomegops cornutus Wunderlich 2017
†Paxillomegops longipes Wunderlich 2015
G. †Picturmegops Wunderlich 2015
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†Picturmegops signatus Wunderlich 2015
G. †Planimegops Wunderlich 2017
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†Planimegops parvus Wunderlich 2017
G. †Scopomegops Guo et al. 2021
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†Scopomegops fax Guo et al. 2021
G. †Soplaogonomegops Pérez-de la Fuente et al. 2013
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†Soplaogonomegops unzuei Pérez-de la Fuente et al. 2013
G. †Spinomegops Pérez-de la Fuente et al. 2013
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†Spinomegops aragonensis Pérez-de la Fuente et al. 2013
†Spinomegops arcanus Pérez-de la Fuente et al. 2013
G. †Zarqagonomegops Kaddumi 2007
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Invalid names: Grandoculidae Penney 2011 [synonym]
Fm. Mecysmaucheniidae Simon 1895
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G. †Palaeozearchaea Wunderlich 2021
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†Palaeozearchaea depressa Wunderlich 2021
Fm. †Micropalpimanidae Wunderlich 2008
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G. †Micropalpimanus Wunderlich 2008
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†Micropalpimanus gibber Wunderlich 2021
†Micropalpimanus poinari Wunderlich 2008
G. †Onychopalpus Selden et al. 2019
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†Onychopalpus thomisoides Selden et al. 2019
Fm. Palpimanidae Thorell 1870
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G. †Cretapalpus Downen and Selden 2021
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†Cretapalpus vittari Downen and Selden 2021
G. Otiothops MacLeay 1839
Fm. †Planarchaeidae Wunderlich 2017
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G. †Planarchaea Wunderlich 2015
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†Planarchaea incompleta Wunderlich 2021
†Planarchaea kopp Wunderlich 2015
†Planarchaea oblonga Wunderlich 2017
†Planarchaea paucidentata Wunderlich 2008
†Planarchaea pilosa Wunderlich 2015
Invalid names: Filiauchenius Wunderlich 2008 [synonym]
G. †Platythelae Wunderlich 2021
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†Platythelae longicorpus Wunderlich 2021
G. †Seppo Selden and Dunlop 2014
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†Seppo koponeni Selden and Dunlop 2014
G. †Sinaranea Selden et al. 2008
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†Sinaranea brevicrus Selden et al. 2019
†Sinaranea metaxyostraca Selden et al. 2008
Fm. †Spatiatoridae Petrunkevitch 1942
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Subfm. †Spatiatorinae Petrunkevitch 1942
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G. †Spatiator Petrunkevitch 1942
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†Spatiator bitterfeldensis Wunderlich 2017
†Spatiator caulis Wunderlich 2008
†Spatiator martensi Wunderlich 2006
†Spatiator praeceps Petrunkevitch 1942
†Spatiator putescens Wunderlich 2015
Fm. †Vetiatoridae Wunderlich 2015
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G. †Pekkachilus Wunderlich 2017
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†Pekkachilus vesica Wunderlich 2017
G. †Praetervetiator Wunderlich 2021
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†Praetervetiator circulus Wunderlich 2021
†Praetervetiator parvicirculus Wunderlich 2022
G. †Procervetiator Wunderlich 2021
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†Procervetiator fruticosus Wunderlich 2021
G. †Vetiator Wunderlich 2015
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†Vetiator gracilipes Wunderlich 2015
Invalid names: Huttoniidae Simon 1893 [empty]
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 Early/Lower Toarcian to the top of the Holocene or 184.20000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 182.9 Ma

Collections (58 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Seppo koponeni (114993)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Kazakhstan (Chimkent) Jurarchaea zherikhini (106101)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8China (Nei Mongol) Patarchaea muralis (113376) Patarchaea muralis, Sinaranea metaxyostraca, Caestaranea jurassica, Onychopalpus thomisoides, Sinaranea brevicrus (113371)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Brazil (Ceará) Cretapalpus vittari (139579)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Spain Soplaogonomegops unzuei (109438)
Albian113.2 - 100.5South Korea Koreamegops samsiki (201955) Koreamegops samsiki, Jinjumegops dalingwateri (184781) Palpimanoidea indet. (201954)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Jordan Zarqagonomegops wunderlichi (124847)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Spain (Aragón) Spinomegops aragonensis (91626)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5France (Poitou-Charentes) Archaemecys arcantiensis (99114)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Spain (Álava) Burlagonomegops alavensis (107098) Lagonomegops cor, Spinomegops arcanus (108769)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar Afrarchaea grimaldii, Burlagonomegops eskovi (111688) Burlagonomegops eskovi (147614) Eomysmauchenius cretaceominimus (232205) Lagonomegopidae indet., Archaeinae indet., Burmesarchaea sp., Lacunauchenius sp., Micropalpimanus sp., Palpimanidae indet., Archaelagonops sp., Burmesarchaea grimaldii, Lacunauchenius speciosus, Eomysmauchenius septentrionalis, Filiauchenius paucidentatus, Micropalpimanus poinari, Lagonoburmops plumosus, Myanlagonops gracilipes, Archaelagonops salticoides, Lacunauchenius pilosus, Lacunauchenius longissipes, Planarchaea kopp, Archaelagonops scorsum, Archaelagonops propinquus, Cymbiolagonops cymbiocalcar, Lineaburmops hirsutipes, Parviburmops brevipalpus, Paxillomegops brevipes, Paxillomegops longipes, Picturmegops signatus, Spatiator putescens, Vetiator gracilipes, Burmesarchaea alissa, Burmesarchaea caudata, Burmesarchaea crassicaput, Burmesarchaea crassichelae, Burmesarchaea gibber, Burmesarchaea gibberoides, Burmesarchaea gibbosa, Burmesarchaea longicollum, Burmesarchaea propinqua, Burmesarchaea pseudogibber, Burmesarchaea pustulata, Burmesarchaea quadrata, Eomysmauchenius dubius, Planarchaea oblonga, Planarchaea ovata, Albiburmops annulipes, Lineaburmops maculatus, Parviburmops bigibber, Paxillomegops cornutus, Planimegops parvus, Pekkachilus sp., Pekkachilus vesica, Burmesarchaea bilongapophyses, Spiniarchaea aberrans, Palaeozearchaea depressa, Micropalpimanus gibber, Planarchaea incompleta, Platythelae longicorpus, Praetervetiator circulus, Procervetiator fruticosus, Praetervetiator parvicirculus, Burlagonomegops eskovi (144466) Lagonomegopidae indet., Lineaburmops beigeli, Odontomegops titan, Scopomegops fax, Hiatomegops spinalis, Lineaburmops longiantepes, Lineaburmops rhombus (165561) Lineaburmops beigeli (153586) Spatiatoridae indet., Micropalpimanus poinari, Vetiator gracilipes, Vetiatoridae indet., Burmesarchaea pseudogibber, Burmesarchaea bilongapophyses (184692)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar (Kachin) Burlagonomegops eskovi, Micropalpimanus poinari (104053)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (New Jersey) Huttoniidae indet., Lagonomegops americanus (148638) Lagonomegops sp. (110895)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Russian Federation Lagonomegops sukatchevae (35056)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Manitoba) Huttoniidae indet., Grandoculus chemahawinensis (122354)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Huttoniidae indet. (34896 122389)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07India (Gujarat) Myrmecarchaea sp. (124463)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France (Oise) Myrmecarchaea antecessor (123850)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Lithuania Archaea paradoxa, Archaea hyperoptica, Archaea pougneti, Archaea levigata (123977)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Germany Archaea paradoxa (123769)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation Spatiator praeceps (123419)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Archaea hyperoptica (124205) Archaea paradoxa (120814 123757 123870 123928 146359) Archaea paradoxa, Eoarchaea hyperoptica (124849) Archaea paradoxa, Spatiator praeceps (123766) Archaea paradoxa, Spatiator praeceps, Myrmecarchaea petiolus, Myrmecarchaea pediculus (110735) Archaea paradoxa, Spatiator praeceps, Spatiator caulis (123420) Archaea pougneti (146881) Myrmecarchaea sp., Spatiator sp., Archaea paradoxa, Baltarchaea conica, Eoarchaea hyperoptica, Archaea pougneti, Spatiator praeceps, Spatiator caulis, Archaea compacta, Eoarchaea vidua, Saxonarchaea dentata, Spatiator martensi (124318) Spatiator praeceps (120812 124201)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Germany (Halle) Archaea bitterfeldensis, Saxonarchaea dentata (129227) Archaea paradoxa, Eoarchaea hyperoptica, Eoarchaea vidua, Saxonarchaea dentata (129228) Archaea paradoxa, Saxonarchaea diabolica (147606) Saxonarchaea dentata (149475) Saxonarchaea diabolica, Spatiator bitterfeldensis (147604)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Poland Archaea paradoxa, Archaea conica, Archaea laevigata (109625) Archaea paradoxa, Archaea hyperoptica (120811) Baltarchaea conica, Spatiator praeceps (120813)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Dominican Republic Otiothops sp. a, Otiothops sp. b (146557)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar Archaea copalensis (38973) Eriauchenius gracilicollis (147603)