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Xenarachne willwerathensis

Arachnida

Taxonomy
Xenarachne willwerathensis was named by Dunlop and Poschmann (1997). Its type specimen is PWL 1997/1-LS, an exoskeleton, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Willwerath (Mainz collection), which is in an Emsian estuary/bay siltstone in the Klerf Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Xenarachne.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Xenarachne willwerathensis Dunlop and Poschmann p. 235 figs. 1-3

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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
subclassTetrapulmonataSchultz 1990
genusXenarachne
specieswillwerathensis

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.

†Xenarachne willwerathensis Dunlop and Poschmann 1997
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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 Emsian or 410.62000 to 399.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Germany Xenarachne willwerathensis (type locality: 155775)