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Fessonia

Arachnida - Acariformes - Smarididae

Taxonomy
Fessonia was named by von Heyden (1826). It is extant.

It was assigned to Smaridinae by Bartel et al. (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Fessonia von Heyden
2015Fessonia Bartel et al. p. 649

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
Prosomapoda
Planaterga
Dekatriata
RankNameAuthor
SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
PoecilophysideaPepato et al. 2010
orderAcariformes(Zakhvatkin 1952)
suborderTrombidiformesReuter 1909
infraorderProstigmata
AnystidesVan der Hammen 1972
ParasitengonaOudemans 1909
Erythraiae
superfamilyErythraeoideaGrandjean 1947
familySmarididaeVitzthum 1929
subfamilySmaridinaeVitzthum 1929
genusFessoniavon Heyden 1826

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.

G. Fessonia von Heyden 1826
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Fessonia grabenhorsti Bartel et al. 2015
Fessonia groehni Bartel et al. 2015
Fessonia wunderlichi Bartel et al. 2015
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: Priabonian or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland F. wunderlichi, F. grabenhorsti (110737)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) F. grabenhorsti (175703) F. wunderlichi (124318) F. wunderlichi, F. groehni (110735)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Halle) F. wunderlichi (124273) F. wunderlichi, F. grabenhorsti (147606)