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Strotarchus paradoxus

Arachnida - Araneae - Cheiracanthiidae

Taxonomy
Mimeutychurus paradoxus was named by Petrunkevitch (1963). Its type specimen is UCMP 12726, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is UCMP B-4116, Palo Blanco mine, which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in Mexico.

It was recombined as Strotarchus paradoxus by Dunlop et al. (2013), García-Villafuerte and Ibarra-Núñez (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Mimeutychurus paradoxus Petrunkevitch p. 30 figs. Pl 1C; text-figs 93-109
2013Strotarchus paradoxus Dunlop et al. p. 170
2023Strotarchus paradoxus García-Villafuerte and Ibarra-Núñez p. 3 figs. 1-14

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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
DionychaPetrunkevitch 1928
familyCheiracanthiidaeWagner 1887
genusStrotarchusSimon 1888
speciesparadoxus()

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.

Strotarchus paradoxus Petrunkevitch 1963
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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: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.04000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Mexico (Chiapas) Mimeutychurus paradoxus (124469) Strotarchus paradoxus (228571 230094)