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Opiliotarbus elongatus

Arachnida - Phalangiotarbida - Opiliotarbidae

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

It was recombined as Opiliotarbus elongatus by Pocock (1911), Petrunkevitch (1913), Petrunkevitch (1949), Petrunkevitch (1953), Rössler et al. (2003), Dunlop et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Architarbus elongatum Scudder p. 449 figs. Pl 40, fig 4
1911Opiliotarbus elongatus Pocock p. 9
1913Opiliotarbus elongatus Petrunkevitch p. 131 figs. Pl 11, figs 62-65; text-figs 85-88
1949Opiliotarbus elongatus Petrunkevitch p. 177
1953Opiliotarbus elongatus Petrunkevitch p. 49
2003Opiliotarbus elongatus Rössler et al. p. 423 fig. 5,6
2013Opiliotarbus elongatus Dunlop et al. p. 48

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
RankNameAuthor
Prosomapoda
Planaterga
Dekatriata
SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
orderPhalangiotarbida()
familyOpiliotarbidae
genusOpiliotarbus
specieselongatus()

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.

Opiliotarbus elongatus Scudder 1890
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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: base of the Westphalian D to the top of the Asselian or 309.80000 to 293.52000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.4USA (Illinois) Architarbus elongatum (type locality: 21981)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Germany (Thuringia) Opiliotarbus elongatus (155777)