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Poliochera glabra

Arachnida - Ricinulei - Poliocheridae

Taxonomy
Polyochera glabra was named by Petrunkevitch (1913). Its type specimen is USNM 37981 and is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Mazon Creek, USNM Lacoe Collection, which is in a Westphalian D interdistributary bay mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois.

It was recombined as Poliochera glabra by Petrunkevitch (1953), Selden (1992) and Dunlop et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Polyochera glabra Petrunkevitch p. 81 figs. Pl 7, figs 39,40; text-fig 46
1949Polyochera glabra Petrunkevitch p. 286
1953Poliochera glabra Petrunkevitch p. 112
1992Poliochera glabra Selden p. 625 figs. 4a, 24, 25a,b, 27, 29d,f
2013Poliochera glabra Dunlop et al. p. 117

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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
orderRicinuleiThorell 1876
suborderPosteriorricinulei
familyPoliocheridae
genusPoliochera
speciesglabra()

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.

Poliochera glabra 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) Poliochera glabra (146857) Polyochera glabra (type locality: 21981)