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Palaeocharinus scourfieldi

Arachnida - Trigonotarbida - Palaeocharinidae

Taxonomy
Palaeocharinus scourfieldi was named by Hirst (1923). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rhynie cherts (BMNH coll.), which is in a Pragian pond chert in the Dryden Flags Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Palaeocharinus scourfieldi Hirst p. 463 figs. Pl 13
1953Palaeocharinus scourfieldi Petrunkevitch p. 71

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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
—Pantetrapulmonata
orderTrigonotarbida()
familyPalaeocharinidae
genusPalaeocharinus
speciesscourfieldi

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.

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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 410.80000 to 407.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pragian410.8 - 407.6United Kingdom (Scotland) Palaeocharinus scourfieldi (type locality: 172777)