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Cheiridiidae

Arachnida - Pseudoscorpiones - Cheiridiidae

Taxonomy
Cheiridiidae was named by Hansen (1894). It is extant.

It was assigned to Cheiridioidea by Judson (2000), Dunlop et al. (2013), Benavides et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Cheiridiidae Hansen
2000Cheiridiidae Judson p. 80
2013Cheiridiidae Dunlop et al. p. 51
2019Cheiridiidae Benavides et al.

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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
Planaterga
RankNameAuthor
Dekatriata
SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
HaplocnemataBorner 1904
orderPseudoscorpionesLatreille 1817
HomosphyronidaChamberlin 1929
suborderIocheirataHarvey 1992
infraorderPanctenataHarvey 1992
superfamilyCheiridioideaHansen 1894
familyCheiridiidaeHansen 1894
familyCheiridiidaeHansen 1894

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.

Fm. Cheiridiidae Hansen 1894
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G. Cheiridium Menge 1855
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Cheiridium hartmanni Menge 1854
G. Cryptocheiridium Chamberlin 1931
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Cryptocheiridium antiquum Schawaller 1981
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 Priabonian to the top of the Langhian or 37.71000 to 13.82000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Cheiridium hartmanni (123771 123870) Cheiridium sp. (120814)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Poland Chelifer hartmanni (120811)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Dominican Republic Cryptocheiridium antiquum (122474)