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Halitherses grimaldii

Arachnida - Opiliones - Halithersidae

Taxonomy
Halitherses grimaldii was named by Giribet and Dunlop (2005). Its type specimen is AMNH Bu-1583, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (AMNH collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Halitherses grimaldii Giribet and Dunlop p. 1010 figs. 1-5
2016Halitherses grimaldii Dunlop et al. p. 3 fig. 1,2
2023Halitherses grimaldii Bartel and Dunlop p. 286 fig. 6

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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
familyHalithersidae
genusHalitherses
speciesgrimaldii

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.

Halitherses grimaldii Giribet and Dunlop 2005
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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: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Halitherses grimaldii (type locality: 111688 144466 184692 184841 230561)