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Palaeothele montceauensis

Arachnida - Araneae - Palaeothelidae

Taxonomy
Eothele montceauensis was named by Selden (1996) [Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Autun]. Its type specimen is MHNA 51961, an exoskeleton, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Montceau-les-Mines (Sotty MNHN/MHNA coll), which is in a Stephanian B deltaic mudstone in France. It is the type species of Eothele, Palaeothele.

It was recombined as Palaeothele montceauensis by Selden (2000), Dunlop et al. (2013), Selden (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Eothele montceauensis Selden p. 587 figs. 1-4
2000Palaeothele montceauensis Selden p. 292
2013Palaeothele montceauensis Dunlop et al. p. 127
2021Palaeothele montceauensis Selden p. 334

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
Prosomapoda
Planaterga
RankNameAuthor
Dekatriata
SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
Pantetrapulmonata
subclassTetrapulmonataSchultz 1990
Serikodiastida
orderAraneae
suborderMesothelae
familyPalaeothelidae
genusPalaeothele
speciesmontceauensis()

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.

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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: Stephanian B or 301.40000 to 300.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Stephanian B301.4 - 300.9France Eothele montceauensis (34902 type locality: 122490)