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Eophrynus prestvicii

Arachnida - Trigonotarbida - Eophrynidae

Taxonomy
Curculioides prestvicii was named by Buckland (1837). Its type specimen is BMNH In. 49322, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Coalbrook Dale (Pennystone Measures, Anstice collection), which is in a Westphalian C interdistributary bay mudstone in the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Duma, Eophrynus.

It was recombined as Duma prestvicii by Giebel (1856); it was recombined as Eophrynus prestwicii by Fritsch (1904); it was recombined as Eophrynus prestvici by Pocock (1911) and Petrunkevitch (1953); it was recombined as Eophrynus prestvicii by Woodward (1871), Pocock (1902), Pocock (1902), Dunlop et al. (2013) and Dunlop and Garwood (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Curculioides prestvicii Buckland p. 77 figs. Pl 46, fig
1856Duma prestvicii Giebel p. 137
1871Eophrynus prestvicii Woodward p. 386 figs. Pl 11, figs 1,2
1902Eophrynus prestvicii Pocock fig. 1
1904Eophrynus prestwicii Fritsch p. 46 figs. Pl 14, figs 3,4; text-figs 57-60
1911Eophrynus prestvici Pocock p. 77 fig. 39
1953Eophrynus prestvici Petrunkevitch p. 76 figs. 82, 83, 166
2013Eophrynus prestvicii Dunlop et al. p. 123
2014Eophrynus prestvicii Dunlop and Garwood p. 447 figs. 1-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
RankNameAuthor
Prosomapoda
Planaterga
Dekatriata
SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
Pantetrapulmonata
orderTrigonotarbida()
familyEophrynidae
genusEophrynus
speciesprestvicii()

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.

Eophrynus prestvicii Buckland 1837
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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: base of the Westphalian B to the top of the Westphalian C or 316.90000 to 309.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian B316.9 - 314.6United Kingdom (Staffordshire) Eophrynus prestvicii (153486)
Westphalian C314.6 - 309.8United Kingdom (England) Curculioides prestvicii (type locality: 122563)