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Araneaovoius columbiae

Arachnida - Araneae

Taxonomy
Aranea columbiae was named by Scudder (1878). It is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Quesnel, which is in a Priabonian lacustrine shale in the Australian Creek Formation of Canada.

It was recombined as Araneaovoius columbiae by Dunlop and Braddy (2011) and Dunlop et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Aranea columbiae Scudder pp. 463-464
1890Aranea columbiae Scudder p. 70
2011Araneaovoius columbiae Dunlop and Braddy p. 253 fig. 2
2013Araneaovoius columbiae Dunlop et al. p. 187

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

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.

Araneaovoius columbiae Scudder 1878
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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: Late/Upper Eocene or 37.20000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Canada (British Columbia) Aranea columbiae (type locality: 121480)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Aranea columbiae (106384)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Aranea columbiae (122093)