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Modisimus chiapanecus

Arachnida - Araneae - Pholcidae

Taxonomy
Modisimus chiapanecus was named by García-Villafuerte and Valdez-Mondragón (2020). Its type specimen is IHNFG-5890, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Mexican amber, Los Cocos mine (IHNFG collection), which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in Mexico.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2020Modisimus chiapanecus García-Villafuerte and Valdez-Mondragón p. 3 figs. 3-17

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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
—Dekatriata
RankNameAuthor
—SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
—Pantetrapulmonata
subclassTetrapulmonataSchultz 1990
—Serikodiastida
orderAraneae
suborderOpisthothelaePocock 1892
infraorderAraneomorphaeSmith 1902
—SynspermiataMichalik and Ramírez 2014
familyPholcidaeKoch 1851
subfamilyModisiminaeSimon 1893
genusModisimusSimon 1893
specieschiapanecus

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.

†Modisimus chiapanecus García-Villafuerte and Valdez-Mondragón 2020
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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 Miocene or 23.04000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Mexico (Chiapas) Modisimus chiapanecus (type locality: 235779)