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Chthoniidae
Taxonomy
Chthoniidae was named by Daday (1889). It is extant.
It was assigned to Heterosphyronida by Pierce and Gibron (1962); and to Chthonioidea by Dunlop et al. (2013), Judson (2016), Harvey et al. (2018) and Benavides et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Heterosphyronida by Pierce and Gibron (1962); and to Chthonioidea by Dunlop et al. (2013), Judson (2016), Harvey et al. (2018) and Benavides et al. (2019).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1889 | Chthoniidae Daday |
| 1962 | Chthoniidae Pierce and Gibron p. 143 |
| 2013 | Chthoniidae Dunlop et al. p. 49 |
| 2016 | Chthoniidae Judson p. 59 |
| 2018 | Chthoniidae Harvey et al. p. 106 |
| 2019 | Chthoniidae Benavides et al. |
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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. Chthoniidae Daday 1889
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Subfm. Chthoniinae Daday 1889
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Tr. Tyrannochthoniini Chamberlin 1962
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G. †Burmeochthonius Johnson et al. 2022
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†Burmeochthonius kachinae Johnson et al. 2022
†Burmeochthonius muelleri Johnson et al. 2022
G. Tyrannochthonius Chamberlin 1929
G. Chthonius Koch 1843
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Subg. Chthonius (Chthonius) Koch 1843
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†Chthonius (Chthonius) mengei Beier 1937
†Chthonius (Chthonius) pristinus Schawaller 1978
Subfm. Lechytiinae Chamberlin 1929
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Subfm. Tridenchthoniinae Balzan 1892
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Holocene or 99.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.5 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.5 Ma
Collections (11 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Myanmar | Burmeochthonius kachinae (229493) Prionochthonius burmiticus, Burmeochthonius sp., Burmeochthonius muelleri (172900) Weygoldtiella plausus (165561) | |
| Priabonian | Poland | Chelignathus kochii, Chthonius mengei (120811) | |
| Priabonian | Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) | Chelignathus kochi (123771) Chthonius pristinus (120814) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Mexico (Chiapas) | Paraliochthonius miomaya (125758) Tyrannochthonius sp. (123456) | |
| Burdigalian - Langhian | Dominican Republic | Lechytia tertiaria, Pseudochthonius squamosus (122474) | |
| Hemingfordian | USA (California) | Chthoniidae indet., Lechytia sp. (138761) | |
| Holocene | Madagascar | Tyrannochthonius sp. (147603) |