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Argenna fossilis

Arachnida - Araneae - Dictynidae

Taxonomy
Argenna fossilis was named by Petrunkevitch (1957). Its type specimen is USNM 561977, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS Cenozoic 19057, Mule Canyon, Calico Hills, which is in a Hemingfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Barstow Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Argenna fossilis Petrunkevitch p. 246 figs. Pl 32, fig 3; text-fig 87
1962Argenna fossilis Pierce and Gibron p. 143 fig. 1A,B

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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
Dekatriata
RankNameAuthor
SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
Pantetrapulmonata
subclassTetrapulmonataSchultz 1990
Serikodiastida
orderAraneae
suborderOpisthothelaePocock 1892
infraorderAraneomorphaeSmith 1902
EntelegynaeSimon 1893
familyDictynidaePickard-Cambridge 1871
genusArgennaThorell 1870
speciesfossilis

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.

Argenna fossilis Petrunkevitch 1957
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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: Hemingfordian or 18.50000 to 16.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (California) Argenna fossilis (106431 type locality: 123022 138761)