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Eophalangium sheari

Arachnida - Opiliones

Taxonomy
Eophalangium sheari was named by Dunlop et al. (2004). Its type specimen is PBM 3503, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rhynie cherts (PBM Münster coll.), which is in a Pragian pond chert in the Dryden Flags Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Eophalangium.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Eophalangium sheari Dunlop et al. p. 351 figs. 1-8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
—EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
—Prosomapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Planaterga
—Dekatriata
—SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
—Stomothecata
orderOpilionesSundevall 1833
—PhalangidaBristowe 1949
suborderTetrophthalmi
genusEophalangium
speciessheari

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.

†Eophalangium sheari Dunlop et al. 2004
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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: Pragian or 413.02000 to 410.62000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pragian413.02 - 410.62United Kingdom (Scotland) Eophalangium sheari (type locality: 153498)