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Hexathelidae (venomous funnel-web tarantula)

Arachnida - Araneae - Hexathelidae

Taxonomy
Hexathelidae was named by Simon (1892). It is extant.

It was assigned to Mygalomorphae by Dunlop et al. (2013); and to Avicularioidea by Wheeler et al. (2017).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Hexathelidae Simon
2013Hexathelidae Dunlop et al.
2017Hexathelidae Wheeler et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
Prosomapoda
Planaterga
RankNameAuthor
Dekatriata
SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
Pantetrapulmonata
subclassTetrapulmonataSchultz 1990
Serikodiastida
orderAraneae
suborderOpisthothelaePocock 1892
infraorderMygalomorphaePocock 1892
superfamilyAvicularioideaSimon 1874
familyHexathelidaeSimon 1892
familyHexathelidaeSimon 1892

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. Hexathelidae Simon 1892 [venomous funnel-web tarantula]
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G. †Alioatrax Wunderlich 2017
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Alioatrax incertus Wunderlich 2017
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: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Hexathelidae indet. (184692) Hexathelidae indet., Alioatrax incertus (144466)