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Archaeidae

Arachnida - Araneae - Archaeidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Archaeidae Koch and Berendt
2013Archaeidae Dunlop et al.
2017Archaeidae Wheeler et al.

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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
Serikodiastida
orderAraneae
suborderOpisthothelaePocock 1892
infraorderAraneomorphaeSmith 1902
superfamilyPalpimanoideaForster and Platnick 1984
familyArchaeidae
familyArchaeidae

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.

Fm. Archaeidae Koch and Berendt 1854
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G. Afrarchaea Forster and Platnick 1984
G. †Archaea Koch and Berendt 1854
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Archaea bitterfeldensis Wunderlich 2004
Archaea compacta Wunderlich 2004
Archaea paradoxa Koch and Berendt 1854
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Invalid names: Archaea laevigata Koch and Berendt 1854 [synonym]
Archaea pougneti Simon 1884
Subfm. Archaeinae Koch and Berendt 1854
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G. †Archaemecys Saupe and Selden 2009
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Archaemecys arcantiensis Saupe and Selden 2009
G. †Burmesarchaea Wunderlich 2008
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Burmesarchaea alissa Wunderlich 2017
Burmesarchaea bilongapophyses Wunderlich 2020
Burmesarchaea caudata Wunderlich 2017
Burmesarchaea crassicaput Wunderlich 2017
Burmesarchaea crassichelae Wunderlich 2017
Burmesarchaea gibber Wunderlich 2017
Burmesarchaea gibberoides Wunderlich 2017
Burmesarchaea gibbosa Wunderlich 2017
Burmesarchaea grimaldii Penney 2003
Burmesarchaea longicollum Wunderlich 2017
Burmesarchaea propinqua Wunderlich 2017
Burmesarchaea pseudogibber Wunderlich 2017
Burmesarchaea pustulata Wunderlich 2017
Burmesarchaea quadrata Wunderlich 2017
Burmesarchaea speciosa Wunderlich 2008
Invalid names: Lacunaucheniinae Wunderlich 2008 [synonym]
G. †Baltarchaea Eskov 1992
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Baltarchaea conica Koch and Berendt 1854
G. †Eoarchaea Forster and Platnick 1984
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Eoarchaea hyperoptica Menge 1854
Eoarchaea vidua Wunderlich 2004
G. †Eomysmauchenius Wunderlich 2008
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Eomysmauchenius cretaceominimus Peng et al. 2023
Eomysmauchenius dubius Wunderlich 2017
Eomysmauchenius longissipes Wunderlich 2015
Eomysmauchenius ovata Wunderlich 2017
G. Eriauchenius Cambridge 1881
G. Madagascarchaea Wood and Scharff 2018
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Invalid names: Archaea copalensis Lourenço 2000 [synonym]
G. †Myrmecarchaea Wunderlich 2004
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Myrmecarchaea antecessor Carbuccia et al. 2020
Myrmecarchaea pediculus Wunderlich 2004
Myrmecarchaea petiolus Wunderlich 2004
G. †Patarchaea Selden et al. 2008
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Patarchaea muralis Selden et al. 2008
G. †Saxonarchaea Wunderlich 2004
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Saxonarchaea dentata Wunderlich 2004
Saxonarchaea diabolica Wunderlich 2004
Subfm. †Spiniarchaeinae Wunderlich 2021
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G. †Spiniarchaea Wunderlich 2021
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Spiniarchaea aberrans Wunderlich 2021
Invalid names: Jurarchaeinae Eskov 1987 [empty]
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: base of the Callovian to the top of the Holocene or 165.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 154.8 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8China (Nei Mongol) Patarchaea muralis (113371 113376)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5France (Poitou-Charentes) Archaemecys arcantiensis (99114)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar Afrarchaea grimaldii (111688) Archaeinae indet., Burmesarchaea sp., Lacunauchenius sp., Burmesarchaea grimaldii, Lacunauchenius speciosus, Eomysmauchenius septentrionalis, Lacunauchenius longissipes, Burmesarchaea alissa, Burmesarchaea caudata, Burmesarchaea crassicaput, Burmesarchaea crassichelae, Burmesarchaea gibber, Burmesarchaea gibberoides, Burmesarchaea gibbosa, Burmesarchaea longicollum, Burmesarchaea propinqua, Burmesarchaea pseudogibber, Burmesarchaea pustulata, Burmesarchaea quadrata, Eomysmauchenius dubius, Planarchaea ovata, Burmesarchaea bilongapophyses, Spiniarchaea aberrans (144466) Burmesarchaea pseudogibber, Burmesarchaea bilongapophyses (184692) Eomysmauchenius cretaceominimus (232205)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07India (Gujarat) Myrmecarchaea sp. (124463)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France (Oise) Myrmecarchaea antecessor (123850)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Lithuania Archaea paradoxa, Archaea hyperoptica, Archaea pougneti, Archaea levigata (123977)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Germany (Halle) Archaea bitterfeldensis, Saxonarchaea dentata (129227) Archaea paradoxa, Eoarchaea hyperoptica, Eoarchaea vidua, Saxonarchaea dentata (129228) Archaea paradoxa, Saxonarchaea diabolica (147606) Saxonarchaea dentata (149475) Saxonarchaea diabolica (147604)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Germany Archaea paradoxa (123769)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Poland Archaea paradoxa, Archaea conica, Archaea laevigata (109625) Archaea paradoxa, Archaea hyperoptica (120811) Baltarchaea conica (120813)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Archaea hyperoptica (124205) Archaea paradoxa (120814 123420 123757 123766 123870 123928 146359) Archaea paradoxa, Eoarchaea hyperoptica (124849) Archaea paradoxa, Myrmecarchaea petiolus, Myrmecarchaea pediculus (110735) Archaea pougneti (146881) Myrmecarchaea sp., Archaea paradoxa, Baltarchaea conica, Eoarchaea hyperoptica, Archaea pougneti, Archaea compacta, Eoarchaea vidua, Saxonarchaea dentata (124318)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar Archaea copalensis (38973) Eriauchenius gracilicollis (147603)