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Chactidae

Arachnida - Scorpiones - Chactidae

Taxonomy
Chactidae was named by Pocock (1893). It is extant.

It was assigned to Chactoidea by Menon (2007) and Dunlop et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Chactidae Pocock
2007Chactidae Menon p. 190
2013Chactidae Dunlop et al. p. 38

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
Prosomapoda
RankNameAuthor
Planaterga
Dekatriata
SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
Stomothecata
orderScorpionesLatreille 1817
suborderOrthosternina()
superfamilyChactoideaPocock 1893
familyChactidaePocock 1893
familyChactidaePocock 1893

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.

Fm. Chactidae Pocock 1893
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G. †Araripescorpius Campos 1986
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Araripescorpius ligabuei Campos 1986
G. Chactas Gervais 1844
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Chactas pleistocenicus Lourenço and Weitschat 2005
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Holocene or 122.46000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 113.0 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Brazil (Ceará) Araripescorpius ligabuei (122557 122922 124526)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Colombia (Santander) Chactas pleistocenicus (155980)