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Poliochera punctulata

Arachnida - Ricinulei - Poliocheridae

Taxonomy
Poliochera punctulata was named by Scudder (1884). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Mazon Creek, USNM Lacoe Collection, which is in a Westphalian D interdistributary bay mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois.

It was recombined as Polyochera punctulata by Petrunkevitch (1949).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Poliochera punctulata Scudder p. 16
1890Poliochera punctulata Scudder p. 444 figs. Pl 39, figs 2,6
1904Poliochera punctulata Fritsch p. 31
1913Polyochera punctulata Petrunkevitch p. 78 figs. Pl 8, figs 41,42; text-figs 44,45
1949Polyochera punctulata Petrunkevitch p. 286
1953Poliochera punctulata Petrunkevitch p. 112
1992Poliochera punctulata Selden p. 622 figs. 4c, 23, 25c-f, 26
2013Poliochera punctulata Dunlop et al. p. 117

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
RankNameAuthor
Prosomapoda
Planaterga
Dekatriata
SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
orderRicinuleiThorell 1876
suborderPosteriorricinulei
familyPoliocheridae
genusPoliochera
speciespunctulata

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.

Poliochera punctulata Scudder 1884
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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: Westphalian D or 309.80000 to 307.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5USA (Illinois) Poliochera punctulata (type locality: 21981 112638)