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Palaeodrassus cockerelli

Arachnida - Araneae - Gnaphosidae

Taxonomy
Palaeodrassus cockerelli was named by Petrunkevitch (1922). Its type specimen is UCM 17706, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Florissant (University of Colorado Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Palaeodrassus cockerelli Petrunkevitch p. 235 fig. 9
2013Palaeodrassus cockerelli Dunlop et al. p. 177

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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
DionychaPetrunkevitch 1928
familyGnaphosidaePocock 1898
genusPalaeodrassus
speciescockerelli

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.

Palaeodrassus cockerelli Petrunkevitch 1922
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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: Chadronian or 37.20000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Palaeodrassus cockerelli (type locality: 127617)