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Thelyphonidae
Taxonomy
Thelyphonidae was named by Lucas (1835). It is extant.
It was assigned to Uropygi by Dunlop et al. (2013) and Clouse et al. (2017); to Thelyphonida by Brauckmann et al. (2003) and Cai and Huang (2017); and to Thelyphonida by Garwood and Dunlop (2023).
It was assigned to Uropygi by Dunlop et al. (2013) and Clouse et al. (2017); to Thelyphonida by Brauckmann et al. (2003) and Cai and Huang (2017); and to Thelyphonida by Garwood and Dunlop (2023).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1835 | Thelyphonidae Lucas |
2003 | Thelyphonidae Brauckmann et al. p. 53 |
2013 | Thelyphonidae Dunlop et al. |
2017 | Thelyphonidae Cai and Huang p. 101 |
2017 | Thelyphonidae Clouse et al. |
2023 | Thelyphonidae Garwood and Dunlop p. 9 |
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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.
Fm. Thelyphonidae Lucas 1835
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G. †Geralinura Scudder 1884
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†Geralinura britannica Pocock 1911
†Geralinura carbonaria Scudder 1884
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Invalid names: Geralinura gigantea Petrunkevitch 1913 [synonym], Geralinura similis Petrunkevitch 1913 [synonym]
G. †Mesoproctus Dunlop 1998
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†Mesoproctus rayoli Santana et al. 2024
†Mesoproctus rowlandi Dunlop 1998
Subfm. Thelyphoninae Lucas 1835
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G. Thelyphonus Latreille 1802
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Reference: Bush and Bambach 2015 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Westphalian A to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 318.10000 to 93.50000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 314.6 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 314.6 Ma
Collections (12 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Westphalian A | United Kingdom (Lancashire) | Geralinura britannica (172765) | |
Westphalian B | United Kingdom (Staffordshire) | Geralinura britannica (34907) | |
Westphalian B | United Kingdom (England) | Geralinura britannica (127218) | |
Westphalian D | China (Hebei) | Prothelyphonus britannicus (147001) | |
Westphalian D | USA (Illinois) | Geralinura carbonaria, Geralinura similis, Geralinura gigantea (21981) Geralinura gigantea (112630) | |
Late/Upper Aptian | Brazil (Ceara) | Mesoproctus rayoli (34901) | |
Late/Upper Aptian | Brazil (Ceará) | Mesoproctus rowlandi (122557 127034 228235) Mesoproctus rowlandi, Mesoproctus sp. (122922) | |
Early/Lower Cenomanian | Myanmar | Mesothelyphonus parvus, Crethypoctonus kachinensis (161726) |