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Mesotarbus eggintoni

Arachnida - Phalangiotarbida - Architarbidae

Taxonomy
Geraphrynus eggintoni was named by Pocock (1911). Its type specimen is BMNH In. 31235 and is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Coseley, near Dudley (Egginton coll), which is in a Westphalian B interdistributary bay shale in the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Mesotarbus eggintoni by Petrunkevitch (1953), Dunlop et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Geraphrynus eggintoni Pocock p. 53 fig. 24,25
1953Mesotarbus eggintoni Petrunkevitch p. 54 figs. 56, 140
2013Mesotarbus eggintoni Dunlop et al. p. 48

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

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.

Mesotarbus eggintoni Pocock 1911
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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 B or 316.90000 to 314.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian B316.9 - 314.6United Kingdom (Staffordshire) Geraphrynus eggintoni (type locality: 34907)