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Discotarbus deplanatus

Arachnida - Phalangiotarbida - Architarbidae

Taxonomy
Discotarbus deplanatus was named by Petrunkevitch (1913). Its type specimen is YPM 174 and is an impression. Its type locality is Mazon Creek (YPM collection), which is in a Westphalian D deltaic mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois. It is the type species of Discotarbus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Discotarbus deplanatus Petrunkevitch p. 120 figs. Pl 12, fig 10; text-figs 75,76
1945Discotarbus deplanatus Petrunkevitch p. 23 figs. Pl 1, fig 7
1949Discotarbus deplanatus Petrunkevitch p. 175
1953Discotarbus deplanatus Petrunkevitch p. 51
2013Discotarbus deplanatus Dunlop et al. p. 47

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
RankNameAuthor
Prosomapoda
Planaterga
Dekatriata
SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
orderPhalangiotarbida()
familyArchitarbidae
genusDiscotarbus
speciesdeplanatus

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.

Discotarbus deplanatus Petrunkevitch 1913
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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: Westphalian D or 309.80000 to 307.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5USA (Illinois) Discotarbus deplanatus (type locality: 112630 133734)