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Mesotarbus peteri

Arachnida - Phalangiotarbida - Architarbidae

Taxonomy
Mesotarbus peteri was named by Dunlop and Horrocks (1997). Its type specimen is MM LL 11150, an exoskeleton, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Westhoughton open cast colliery (Manchester Museum coll.), which is in a Westphalian A interdistributary bay shale in the Wigan Four-Foot Coal Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Mesotarbus peteri Dunlop and Horrocks p. 379 figs. 3-7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
—EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
RankNameAuthor
—Prosomapoda
—Planaterga
—Dekatriata
—SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
orderPhalangiotarbida()
familyArchitarbidae
genusMesotarbus
speciespeteri

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.

†Mesotarbus peteri Dunlop and Horrocks 1997
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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 A or 318.70000 to 316.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9United Kingdom (England) Mesotarbus peteri (type locality: 34944 124367)