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Mesoproctus rowlandi

Arachnida - Thelyphonida - Thelyphonidae

Taxonomy
Mesoproctus rowlandi was named by Dunlop (1998). Its type specimen is Ulster Museum K28006, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Crato (Ulster Museum coll), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Mesoproctus rowlandi Dunlop p. 294 fig. 1,2
2002Mesoproctus rowlandi Dunlop and Martill p. 331 fig. 1b,2b,3a,4a
2023Mesoproctus rowlandi Alberto et al. p. 149 figs. 3-5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
Prosomapoda
Planaterga
RankNameAuthor
Dekatriata
SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
Pantetrapulmonata
subclassTetrapulmonataSchultz 1990
Schizotarsata
PedipalpiBorner 1904
orderThelyphonidaLatreille 1804
familyThelyphonidaeLucas 1835
genusMesoproctus
speciesrowlandi

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.

Mesoproctus rowlandi Dunlop 1998
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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: Late/Upper Aptian or 122.46000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Brazil (Ceará) Mesoproctus rowlandi (122557 122922 type locality: 127034 228235)