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Oppioidea

Arachnida - Acariformes

Taxonomy
Oppioidea was named by Grandjean (1951). It is extant.

It was assigned to Brachypylina by Dunlop et al. (2013).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Oppioidea Grandjean
2013Oppioidea Dunlop et al. p. 99

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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
PoecilophysideaPepato et al. 2010
orderAcariformes(Zakhvatkin 1952)
suborderSarcoptiformesReuter 1909
infraorderOribatidaDugès 1834
BrachypylinaHull 1918
superfamilyOppioideaGrandjean 1951
superfamilyOppioideaGrandjean 1951

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.

Superfm. Oppioidea Grandjean 1951
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Fm. Oppiidae Grandjean 1954
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G. Oppia Koch 1836
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Oppia cervicornu Sellnick 1919
Oppia hurdi Woolley 1971
Oppia mexicana Woolley 1971
Oppia setigera Woolley 1971
G. †Oppites Pampaloni 1902
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Oppites melilli Pampaloni 1902
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Tortonian or 38.00000 to 7.24600 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Oribella cervicornu (123927)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Chiapas) Damaeus mexicanus (124470 140206 140207) Damaeus setiger (124467) Oppia hurdi (124471)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy Oppites melilli (125079)