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Petrunkevitchiana oculata

Arachnida - Opiliones

Taxonomy
Phalangium oculatum was named by Petrunkevitch (1922). Its type specimen is MCZ 121, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado. It is the type species of Petrunkevitchiana.

It was recombined as Petrunkevitchiana oculata by Dunlop et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Phalangium oculatum Petrunkevitch p. 275 fig. 37
2013Petrunkevitchiana oculata Dunlop et al. p. 41

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
Prosomapoda
RankNameAuthor
Planaterga
Dekatriata
SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
Stomothecata
orderOpilionesSundevall 1833
PhalangidaBristowe 1949
suborderEupnoiHansen and Sorensen 1904
superfamilyPhalangioidea
genusPetrunkevitchianaMello-Leitao 1937
speciesoculata()

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.

Petrunkevitchiana oculata Petrunkevitch 1922
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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: Chadronian or 37.20000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Phalangium oculatum (type locality: 106384)