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Chiapasona defuncta

Arachnida - Araneae - Clubionidae

Taxonomy
Chiapasona defuncta was named by Petrunkevitch (1963). Its type specimen is UCMP 12804, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is UCMP B-7454, Simojovel area, which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in Mexico. It is the type species of Chiapasona.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Chiapasona defuncta Petrunkevitch p. 34 figs. 110-121
2013Chiapasona defuncta Dunlop et al. p. 172

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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
familyClubionidaeSimon 1895
genusChiapasona
speciesdefuncta

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.

Chiapasona defuncta Petrunkevitch 1963
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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: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.03000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Chiapas) Chiapasona defuncta (type locality: 140312)