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Kustarachne tenuipes

Arachnida - Opiliones

Taxonomy
Kustarachne tenuipes was named by Scudder (1890). It is an impression. Its type locality is Mazon Creek, USNM Lacoe Collection, which is in a Westphalian D interdistributary bay mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Kustarachne tenuipes Scudder p. 450 figs. Pl 40, fig 7
1903Kustarachne exstincta Melander p. 182 figs. Pl 5, fig 4; pl 7, fig 5
1913Kustarachne tenuipes Petrunkevitch p. 71 figs. Pl 6, figs 33,34; text-figs 34,35
1913Kustarachne conica Petrunkevitch p. 72 figs. Pl 6, fig 35; text-fig 36
1913Kustarachne extincta Petrunkevitch p. 73 fig. 37,38
1949Kustarachne conica Petrunkevitch p. 268
1949Kustarachne extincta Petrunkevitch p. 268
1949Kustarachne tenuipes Petrunkevitch p. 268 fig. 15
1953Kustarachne conica Petrunkevitch p. 98
1953Kustarachne extincta Petrunkevitch p. 98
1953Kustarachne tenuipes Petrunkevitch p. 98
2013Kustarachne tenuipes Dunlop et al. p. 40

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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
genusKustarachne
speciestenuipes

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.

†Kustarachne tenuipes Scudder 1890
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Invalid names: Kustarachne conica Petrunkevitch 1913 [synonym], Kustarachne exstincta Melander 1903 [synonym]
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 (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5USA (Illinois) Kustarachne conica (146857) Kustarachne exstincta (122521) Kustarachne tenuipes (type locality: 21981)