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Palaeoxysticus extinctus

Arachnida - Araneae - Thomisidae

Taxonomy
Palaeoxysticus extinctus was named by Wunderlich (1985). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Randeck Maar (Wunderlich coll), which is in a MN 5 crater lake lime mudstone in the Randeck Maar Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Palaeoxysticus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Palaeoxysticus extinctus Wunderlich p. 6 figs. 1-15
2013Palaeoxysticus extinctus Dunlop et al. p. 179

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
—EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
—Prosomapoda
—Planaterga
—Dekatriata
RankNameAuthor
—SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
—Pantetrapulmonata
subclassTetrapulmonataSchultz 1990
—Serikodiastida
orderAraneae
suborderOpisthothelaePocock 1892
infraorderAraneomorphaeSmith 1902
—EntelegynaeSimon 1893
superfamilyLycosoideaSundevall 1833
familyThomisidaeSundevall 1833
genusPalaeoxysticus
speciesextinctus

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.

†Palaeoxysticus extinctus Wunderlich 1985
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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: MN 5 or 15.98000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Palaeoxysticus extinctus (type locality: 146880)