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Fessonia groehni

Arachnida - Acariformes - Smarididae

Taxonomy
Fessonia groehni was named by Bartel et al. (2015). It is extant. Its type specimen is GPIH 4579, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, GPIH collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Fessonia groehni Bartel et al. p. 655 figs. 23-28

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
Prosomapoda
Planaterga
Dekatriata
SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
RankNameAuthor
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
speciesgroehni

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.

Fessonia groehni Bartel et al. 2015
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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: Priabonian or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Fessonia groehni (type locality: 110735)