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Triassaraneus andersonorum

Arachnida - Araneae

Taxonomy
Triassaraneus andersonorum was named by Selden (1999). Its type specimen is PRE/F 18560, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Umkomaas Valley (Umk 111), which is in a Carnian channel shale in the Molteno Formation of South Africa. It is the type species of Triassaraneus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Triassaraneus andersonorum Selden p. 412 figs. 2-8
2009Triassaraneus andersonorum Selden et al. p. 111 figs. 3-5
2013Triassaraneus andersonorum Dunlop et al. p. 129

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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
Serikodiastida
orderAraneae
suborderOpisthothelaePocock 1892
infraorderAraneomorphaeSmith 1902
genusTriassaraneus
speciesandersonorum

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.

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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: Carnian or 237.00000 to 228.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0South Africa (Kwazulu-Natal) Triassaraneus andersonorum (type locality: 23002)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4South Africa (Eastern Cape) Triassaraneus andersonorum (23175)