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Megamonodontium mccluskyi

Arachnida - Araneae - Barychelidae

Taxonomy
Megamonodontium mccluskyi was named by McCurry et al. (2024). Its type specimen is AM F.145559, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is McGraths Flat, which is in a Miocene pond siderite in Australia. It is the type species of Megamonodontium.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2024Megamonodontium mccluskyi McCurry et al. p. 1032 figs. 1-3

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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
Dekatriata
RankNameAuthor
SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
Pantetrapulmonata
subclassTetrapulmonataSchultz 1990
Serikodiastida
orderAraneae
suborderOpisthothelaePocock 1892
infraorderMygalomorphaePocock 1892
superfamilyAvicularioideaSimon 1874
familyBarychelidaeSimon 1889
genusMegamonodontium
speciesmccluskyi

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.

Megamonodontium mccluskyi McCurry et al. 2024
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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: Middle Miocene or 15.98000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Australia (New South Wales) Megamonodontium mccluskyi (type locality: 224044)