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Opilioacaroidea

Arachnida - Parasitiformes

Taxonomy
Opilioacaroidea was named by Vitzthum (1931). It is extant. Its type is Opilioacarus.

It was assigned to Opilioacarida by Dunlop et al. (2013).

Subtaxa
Opilioacaridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Opilioacaroidea Vitzthum
2013Opilioacaroidea Dunlop et al. p. 57

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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
orderParasitiformes(Reuter 1909)
suborderOpilioacarida(Zachvatkin 1952)
superfamilyOpilioacaroideaVitzthum 1931
superfamilyOpilioacaroideaVitzthum 1931

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.

Superfm. Opilioacaroidea Vitzthum 1931
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Fm. Opilioacaridae Vitzthum 1932
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G. Opilioacarus With 1902
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†Opilioacarus aenigmus Dunlop et al. 2010
G. Paracarus Chamberlin and Mulaik 1942
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†Paracarus pristinus Dunlop et al. 2004
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: Priabonian or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Opilioacarus aenigmus, Paracarus pristinus (124318)