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Prototama succinea

Arachnida - Araneae - Hersiliidae

Taxonomy
Prototama succinea was named by Petrunkevitch (1971). Its type specimen is UCMP 13531 and is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is UCMP B-4117, Simojovel region, which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in Mexico. It is the type species of Prototama.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Prototama succinea Petrunkevitch p. 4 figs. Pl 1, A; text-figs 1-12
2006Prototama succinea Penney p. 902 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-3
2013Prototama succinea Dunlop et al. p. 141

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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
superfamilyOecobioideaBlackwall 1862
familyHersiliidaeThorell 1870
genusPrototama
speciessuccinea

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.

Prototama succinea Petrunkevitch 1971
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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: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.04000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Mexico (Chiapas) Prototama succinea (type locality: 124470)