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Echinopustulus samuelnelsoni

Arachnida - Opiliones

Taxonomy
Echinopustulus samuelnelsoni was named by Dunlop (2004). Its type specimen is YPM 204165, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Possibly near Windsor, which is in a Westphalian D interdistributary bay shale in Missouri. It is the type species of Echinopustulus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Echinopustulus samuelnelsoni Dunlop p. 74 figs. 1-5

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Planaterga
—Dekatriata
—SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
—Stomothecata
orderOpilionesSundevall 1833
—PhalangidaBristowe 1949
suborderDyspnoiHansen and Sorensen 1904
genusEchinopustulus
speciessamuelnelsoni

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.

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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 D or 309.80000 to 307.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.4USA (Missouri) Echinopustulus samuelnelsoni (type locality: 152114)