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Spongiophonoidea

Arachnida - Scorpiones

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Spongiophonoidea Kjellesvig-Waering p. 120
2013Spongiophonoidea Dunlop et al. p. 33

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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
Stomothecata
orderScorpionesLatreille 1817
suborderHolosternina()
superfamilySpongiophonoidea
superfamilySpongiophonoidea

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. †Spongiophonoidea Kjellesvig-Waering 1986
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Fm. †Praearcturidae Kjellesvig-Waering 1986
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G. †Praearcturus Woodward 1871
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Praearcturus gigas Woodward 1871
Fm. †Spongiophonidae Kjellesvig-Waering 1986
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G. †Spongiophonus Wills 1947
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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: base of the Lochkovian to the top of the Anisian or 419.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8United Kingdom (Herefordshire) Praearcturus gigas (201736)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8United Kingdom (England) Praearcturus gigas (153544)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8USA (Wyoming) Praearcturus sp. (153534)
Famennian372.2 - 358.9United Kingdom (Somerset) Praearcturus sp. (232123)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0United Kingdom Spongiophonus pustulosus (153541)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0United Kingdom (Worcestershire) Spongiophonus pustulosus (153542)