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Prothoplophoroidea

Arachnida - Acariformes

Taxonomy
Prothoplophoroidea was named by Ewing (1917). It is extant.

It was assigned to Enarthronota by Subías and Arillo (2002), Dunlop et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Prothoplophoroidea Ewing
2002Protoplophoroidea Subías and Arillo p. 103
2013Prothoplophoroidea Dunlop et al. p. 88

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Planaterga
—Dekatriata
—SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
—PoecilophysideaPepato et al. 2010
orderAcariformes(Zakhvatkin 1952)
suborderSarcoptiformesReuter 1909
infraorderOribatidaDugès 1834
—EnarthronotaGrandjean 1947
superfamilyProthoplophoroideaEwing 1917
superfamilyProthoplophoroideaEwing 1917

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. Prothoplophoroidea Ewing 1917
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Fm. Cosmochthoniidae Grandjean 1947
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G. †Carbochthonius Subías and Arillo 2002
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†Carbochthonius antrimensis Subías and Arillo 2002
Fm. Prothoplophoridae Ewing 1917
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G. Archaeoplophora Subías and Arillo 2002
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Archaeoplophora bella Subías and Arillo 2002
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: Brigantian or 335.90000 to 330.30000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 330.3 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) Carbochthonius antrimensis, Archaeoplophora bella (163783)