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Protoarrenurus convergens

Arachnida - Acariformes

Taxonomy
Protoarrenurus convergens was named by Cook (1957). Its type specimen is USNM 561978, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS Cenozoic 19065c, Mule Canyon, Calico Hills, which is in a Hemingfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Barstow Formation of California. It is the type species of Protoarrenurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Protoarrenurus convergens Cook p. 248 figs. Pl 32, fig 4; text-fig 88b

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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
PoecilophysideaPepato et al. 2010
orderAcariformes(Zakhvatkin 1952)
suborderTrombidiformesReuter 1909
infraorderProstigmata
AnystidesVan der Hammen 1972
ParasitengonaOudemans 1909
HydracarnidiaeVan der Hoeven 1849
superfamilyArrenuroidea(Thor 1900)
genusProtoarrenurus
speciesconvergens

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.

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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 (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (California) Protoarrenurus convergens (123022 123025 123027 123029 123030 123033 123034 123035 123036 type locality: 123040 123042)