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Atypoidea

Arachnida - Araneae

Taxonomy
Atypoidea was named by Thorell (1870). It is extant. Its type is Atypus.

It was assigned to Mygalomorphae by Dunlop et al. (2013), Dalla Vecchia and Selden (2013) and Wheeler et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Atypoidea Thorell
2013Atypoidea Dalla Vecchia and Selden p. 327
2013Atypoidea Dunlop et al. p. 128
2017Atypoidea Wheeler et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
—EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
—Prosomapoda
—Planaterga
RankNameAuthor
—Dekatriata
—SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
—Pantetrapulmonata
subclassTetrapulmonataSchultz 1990
—Serikodiastida
orderAraneae
suborderOpisthothelaePocock 1892
infraorderMygalomorphaePocock 1892
superfamilyAtypoideaThorell 1870
superfamilyAtypoideaThorell 1870

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.

Superfm. Atypoidea Thorell 1870
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Fm. Antrodiaetidae Gertsch 1940 [folding trapdoor spider]
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G. †Cretacattyma Eskov and Zonshtein 1990
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†Cretacattyma raveni Eskov and Zonshtein 1990
Fm. Atypidae Thorell 1870 [purse web spider]
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G. Atypus Latreille 1804
G. †Balticatypus Wunderlich 2011
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†Balticatypus beigeli Wunderlich 2011
†Balticatypus juvenis Wunderlich 2011
†Balticatypus spinosus Wunderlich 2011
Fm. Mecicobothriidae Holmberg 1882 [dwarf tarantula]
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Invalid names: Hexuridae Simon 1889 [synonym]
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 Aptian to the top of the Priabonian or 125.00000 to 33.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 113.0 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Mongolia Cretacattyma raveni (113355)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Ukraine Atypus sp. (122997)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Balticatypus juvenis, Balticatypus beigeli (124318)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany Balticatypus spinosus (123769)