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Orthotarbus minutus

Arachnida - Phalangiotarbida - Architarbidae

Taxonomy
Geratarbus minutus was named by Petrunkevitch (1913). Its type specimen is YPM 176 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 was recombined as Orthotarbus minutus by Petrunkevitch (1945), Petrunkevitch (1949), Petrunkevitch (1953) and Dunlop et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Geratarbus minutus Petrunkevitch p. 119 figs. Pl 11, fig 69; text-figs 73,74
1945Orthotarbus minutus Petrunkevitch p. 28 figs. 7, 8
1949Orthotarbus minutus Petrunkevitch p. 172
1953Orthotarbus minutus Petrunkevitch p. 55
2013Orthotarbus minutus Dunlop et al. p. 48

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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
genusOrthotarbus
speciesminutus()

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.

Orthotarbus minutus Petrunkevitch 1913
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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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: one only


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