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Ameticos scolos

Arachnida - Opiliones

Taxonomy
Ameticos scolos was named by Garwood et al. (2011). Its type specimen is MNHN-SOT 076167, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Montceau-les-Mines (Sotty MNHN/MHNA coll), which is in a Stephanian B deltaic mudstone in France. It is the type species of Ameticos.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Ameticos scolos Garwood et al. p. 2 fig. 1,2

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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
orderOpilionesSundevall 1833
PhalangidaBristowe 1949
suborderDyspnoiHansen and Sorensen 1904
genusAmeticos
speciesscolos

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.

Ameticos scolos Garwood et al. 2011
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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: Stephanian B or 301.50000 to 301.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Stephanian B301.5 - 301.0France Ameticos scolos (type locality: 122490)