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Weygoldtina scudderi

Arachnida - Amblypygi - Weygoldtinidae

Taxonomy
Graeophonus scudderi was named by Pocock (1911). Its type specimen is USNM 37969 and is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Mazon Creek (USNM Collection), which is in a Westphalian D interdistributary bay mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois. It is the type species of Weygoldtina.

It was recombined as Weygoldtina scudderi by Dunlop (2018), Prendini (2025).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Graeophonus scudderi Pocock p. 32
2013Graeophonus scudderi Dunlop et al. p. 190
2018Weygoldtina scudderi Dunlop p. 18 fig. 3
2025Weygoldtina scudderi Prendini p. 397

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
—EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
—Prosomapoda
—Planaterga
RankNameAuthor
—Dekatriata
—SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
—Pantetrapulmonata
subclassTetrapulmonataSchultz 1990
—Schizotarsata
—PedipalpiBorner 1904
orderAmblypygiThorell 1883
suborderPaleoamblypygiWeygoldt 1996
familyWeygoldtinidae
genusWeygoldtina
speciesscudderi()

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.

†Weygoldtina scudderi Pocock 1911
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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: Westphalian D or 309.80000 to 307.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.4USA (Illinois) Graeophonus carbonarius (type locality: 21981)