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Curculioides ansticii

Arachnida - Ricinulei - Curculioididae

Taxonomy
Curculioides ansticii was named by Buckland (1837). Its type specimen is BMNH In. 49323, an exoskeleton, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Coalbrook Dale (Pennystone Measures, Anstice collection), which is in a Westphalian C interdistributary bay mudstone in the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Curculioides.

It was recombined as Hevila ansticii by Giebel (1856).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Curculioides ansticii Buckland p. 76 figs. Pl 46, fig 1
1856Hevila ansticii Giebel p. 143
1881Curculioides ansticii Scudder
1883Curculioides ansticii Scudder
1911Curculioides ansticii Pocock p. 39 figs. Pl 2, fig 7; text-figs 12,13
1949Curculioides ansticii Petrunkevitch p. 287
1953Curculioides ansticii Petrunkevitch p. 113
1992Curculioides ansticii Selden p. 604 figs. 5, 6a,b,d,e, 7
2025Curculioides ansticii Prendini p. 409

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Planaterga
—Dekatriata
—SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
orderRicinuleiThorell 1876
suborderPalaeoricinulei
superfamilyPoliocheroidea
familyCurculioididaeCockerell 1916
genusCurculioides
speciesansticii

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.

†Curculioides ansticii Buckland 1837
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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: base of the Westphalian B to the top of the Westphalian C or 316.90000 to 309.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian B316.9 - 314.6United Kingdom (Staffordshire) Curculioides ansticii (152118)
Westphalian C314.6 - 309.8United Kingdom (England) Curculioides ansticii (type locality: 122563)