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Prothelyphonus bohemicus

Arachnida - Thelyphonida

Taxonomy
Thelyphonus bohemicus was named by Kušta (1886). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Rakovník (Rakonitz, Prague collection), which is in a Moscovian terrestrial shale/coal in the Kladno Formation of the Czech Republic.

It was recombined as Geralinura bohemica by Petrunkevitch (1949); it was recombined as Prothelyphonus bohemicus by Fritsch (1904), Petrunkevitch (1953), Štamberg and Zajíc (2008), Tetlie and Dunlop (2008) and Dunlop et al. (2013).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Thelyphonus bohemicus Kušta p. 187 figs. 1-4
1889Geralinura scudderi Kušta p. 200 fig. 5
1889Geralinura noctua Kušta p. 201 fig. 6
1889Geralinura crassa Kušta p. 202
1904Prothelyphonus bohemicus Fritsch p. 59 figs. Pl 6; text-figs 71-76
1904Geralinura noctua Fritsch p. 61 figs. Pl 6, fig 2; text-fig 77
1904Geralinura scudderi Fritsch p. 61 figs. Pl 6, fig 3
1904Geralinura crassa Fritsch p. 62 figs. Pl 6, figs 5,6
1904Prothelyphonus cordai Fritsch p. 62 figs. Pl 6, fig 1; text-fig 84
1949Geralinura bohemica Petrunkevitch p. 264
1953Prothelyphonus bohemicus Petrunkevitch p. 96 figs. 99-101, 179, 180
2008Prothelyphonus bohemicus Tetlie and Dunlop p. 310 fig. 6.5
2008Prothelyphonus bohemicus Štamberg and Zajíc p. 68 figs. 62, 63
2013Prothelyphonus bohemicus Dunlop et al. p. 192

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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
Schizotarsata
PedipalpiBorner 1904
orderThelyphonidaLatreille 1804
orderUropygiThorell 1882
genusProthelyphonus
speciesbohemicus()

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.

Prothelyphonus bohemicus Kušta 1886
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Invalid names: Geralinura crassa Kušta 1889 [synonym], Geralinura noctua Kušta 1889 [synonym], Geralinura scudderi Kušta 1889 [synonym], Prothelyphonus cordai Fritsch 1904 [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: Westphalian C or 314.60000 to 309.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Czech Republic (Central Bohemian) Geralinura scudderi, Geralinura noctua, Geralinura crassa, Thelyphonus bohemicus (126152)
Westphalian C314.6 - 309.8Czech Republic Prothelyphonus cordai (146851)