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Mesozygiella dunlopi

Arachnida - Araneae

Taxonomy
Mesozygiella dunlopi was named by Penney and Ortuño (2006). Its type specimen is MCNA 8938a, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Peñacerrada outcrop II, which is in an Albian terrestrial amber in the Escucha Formation of Spain.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Mesozygiella dunlopi Penney and Ortuño p. 447 fig. 1
2013Mesozygiella dunlopi Dunlop et al. p. 162

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
Prosomapoda
Planaterga
Dekatriata
RankNameAuthor
SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
Pantetrapulmonata
subclassTetrapulmonataSchultz 1990
Serikodiastida
orderAraneae
suborderOpisthothelaePocock 1892
infraorderAraneomorphaeSmith 1902
EntelegynaeSimon 1893
superfamilyAraneoideaSimon 1895
genusMesozygiella
speciesdunlopi

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.

Mesozygiella dunlopi Penney and Ortuño 2006
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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 Albian or 105.30000 to 99.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Spain (Álava) Mesozygiella dunlopi (type locality: 107098)