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Palaranea borassifoliae

Arachnida - Araneae

Taxonomy
Palaranea borassifoliae was named by Frič (1873). Its type specimen is CGH E3491, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Swinná near Radnitz, which is in a Westphalian C terrestrial shale/coal in the Kladno Formation of the Czech Republic. It is the type species of Palaranea.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Palaranea borassifoliae Frič p. 9 figs. Pl 2, fig 7
1904Arthrolycosa palaranea Fritsch p. 11 fig. 7A,B
1953Palaranea borassifoliae Petrunkevitch p. 104 fig. 198,199
2008Palaranea borassifoliae Štamberg and Zajíc p. 55 fig. 31
2013Palaranea borassifoliae Dunlop et al. p. 127
2021Palaranea borassifoliae Selden p. 344

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
Prosomapoda
RankNameAuthor
Planaterga
Dekatriata
SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
Pantetrapulmonata
subclassTetrapulmonataSchultz 1990
Serikodiastida
orderAraneae
genusPalaranea
speciesborassifoliae

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.

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Invalid names: Arthrolycosa palaranea Fritsch 1904 [objective synonym]
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 C or 314.60000 to 309.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian C314.6 - 309.8Czech Republic Palaranea borassifoliae (type locality: 148208)