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Paracharonopsis cambayensis

Arachnida - Amblypygi - Paracharontidae

Taxonomy
Paracharonopsis cambayensis was named by Engel and Grimaldi (2014). Its type specimen is AMNH Tad 456, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Cambay amber, Tadkeshwar lignite mine (AMNH/BSIPL collection), which is in a Ypresian terrestrial amber in India. It is the type species of Paracharonopsis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Paracharonopsis cambayensis Engel and Grimaldi p. 6 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
Planaterga
RankNameAuthor
Dekatriata
SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
Pantetrapulmonata
subclassTetrapulmonataSchultz 1990
Schizotarsata
PedipalpiBorner 1904
orderAmblypygiThorell 1883
suborderPaleoamblypygiWeygoldt 1996
familyParacharontidaeWeygoldt 1996
genusParacharonopsis
speciescambayensis

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.

Paracharonopsis cambayensis Engel and Grimaldi 2014
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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: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8India (Gujarat) Paracharonopsis cambayensis (type locality: 124463)