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Cheyletidae

Arachnida - Acariformes - Cheyletidae

Taxonomy
Cheyletidae was named by Leach (1815). It is extant.

It was assigned to Cheyletoidea by Dunlop et al. (2013).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Cheyletidae Leach
2013Cheyletidae Dunlop et al. p. 82

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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
PoecilophysideaPepato et al. 2010
orderAcariformes(Zakhvatkin 1952)
suborderTrombidiformesReuter 1909
infraorderProstigmata
EleutherengonidesOudemans 1909
RaphignathinaKethley 1982
superfamilyCheyletoideaLeach 1815
familyCheyletidaeLeach 1815
familyCheyletidaeLeach 1815

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. Cheyletidae Leach 1815
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G. Cheyletus Latreille 1796
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Cheyletus burmiticus Cockerell 1917
Cheyletus portentosus Koch and Berendt 1854
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 Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Priabonian or 99.60000 to 33.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.5 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Cheyletus burmiticus (123020)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland Cheyletus portentosus (109625)