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Dinopilio gigas

Arachnida

Taxonomy
Dinopilio gigas was named by Fritsch (1904). Its type specimen is CGH ME 56, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Rakovník (Rakonitz, Prague collection), which is in a Moscovian terrestrial shale/coal in the Kladno Formation of Czechia. It is the type species of Dinopilio.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Dinopilio gigas Fritsch p. 30 figs. Pl 5, figs 3-5; text-fig 35
1953Dinopilio gigas Petrunkevitch p. 109 figs. 102, 184
2008Dinopilio gigas Štamberg and Zajíc p. 56 fig. 34
2013Dinopilio gigas Dunlop et al. p. 126
2021Dinopilio gigas Selden p. 350 fig. 22

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
RankNameAuthor
EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
Prosomapoda
Planaterga
Dekatriata
SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
genusDinopilio
speciesgigas

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.

Dinopilio gigas Fritsch 1904
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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: Moscovian or 315.20000 to 307.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Czechia (Central Bohemian) Dinopilio gigas (type locality: 126152)