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Vectaraneus yulei

Arachnida - Araneae - Dictynidae

Taxonomy
Vectaraneus yulei was named by Selden (2001). Its type specimen is BMB 021960, an exoskeleton, and it is a mold. Its type locality is Bembridge Marls (Jarzembowski coll), which is in a Priabonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Bouldnor Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Vectaraneus yulei Selden p. 725 figs. Pls 1-5; text-figs 1-9
2002Vectaraneus yulei Selden p. 192 fig. 3,4
2013Vectaraneus yulei Dunlop et al. p. 166
2014Vectaraneus yulei Selden p. 277 fig. 3,4

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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
familyDictynidaePickard-Cambridge 1871
genusVectaraneus
speciesyulei

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.

Vectaraneus yulei Selden 2001
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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: Priabonian or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Vectaraneus yulei (21976 123959 127743)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (Isle of Wight) Vectaraneus yulei (156628)