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Ctenacaronychus nortoni

Arachnida - Acariformes - Ctenacaridae

Taxonomy
Ctenacaronychus nortoni was named by Subías and Arillo (2002). Its type specimen is UM-27193, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is South Mountain (Ulster Museum collection), which is in a Frasnian pond shale in the Onteora Formation of New York. It is the type species of Ctenacaronychus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Ctenacaronychus nortoni Subías and Arillo p. 96 figs. 1a,b; photo 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
Prosomapoda
Planaterga
RankNameAuthor
Dekatriata
SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
PoecilophysideaPepato et al. 2010
orderAcariformes(Zakhvatkin 1952)
suborderSarcoptiformesReuter 1909
infraorderOribatidaDugès 1834
PalaeosomataGrandjean 1969
superfamilyCtenacaroideaGrandjean 1954
familyCtenacaridaeGrandjean 1954
genusCtenacaronychus
speciesnortoni

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.

Ctenacaronychus nortoni Subías and Arillo 2002
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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 Frasnian or 382.31000 to 379.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0USA (New York) Ctenacaronychus nortoni (type locality: 163782)