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Oppites melilli

Arachnida - Acariformes - Oppiidae

Taxonomy
Oppites melilli was named by Pampaloni (1902). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Fiuminello torrent, northeast of Melilli, which is in a Tortonian pond lignite in the Carlentini Formation of Italy.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Oppites melilli Pampaloni p. 128 figs. Pl 11, fig 3

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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
—PoecilophysideaPepato et al. 2010
orderAcariformes(Zakhvatkin 1952)
suborderSarcoptiformesReuter 1909
infraorderOribatidaDugès 1834
—BrachypylinaHull 1918
superfamilyOppioideaGrandjean 1951
familyOppiidaeGrandjean 1954
genusOppites
speciesmelilli

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.

†Oppites melilli Pampaloni 1902
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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: Tortonian or 11.63000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Italy Oppites melilli (type locality: 125079)