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Palaeocharinus rhyniensis

Arachnida - Trigonotarbida - Palaeocharinidae

Taxonomy
Palaeocharinus rhyniensis was named by Hirst (1923). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rhynie cherts (BMNH coll.), which is in a Pragian pond chert in the Dryden Flags Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Palaeocharinus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Palaeocharinus rhyniensis Hirst p. 463 figs. Pl 14
1949Palaeocharinus rhyniensis Petrunkevitch p. 237
1953Palaeocharinus rhyniensis Petrunkevitch p. 71

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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
—Pantetrapulmonata
orderTrigonotarbida()
familyPalaeocharinidae
genusPalaeocharinus
speciesrhyniensis

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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Diagnosis
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