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Phalangiotarbi (phalangiotarbid)

Arachnida - Phalangiotarbida

Taxonomy

Phalangiotarbi was named by Haase (1890).

It was replaced with Architarbi by Petrunkevitch (1945); it was reranked as the order Phalangiotarbida by Dunlop et al. (2013).

It was assigned to Opiliones by Haase (1890); and to Arachnida by Dunlop et al. (2013).

Subtaxa

Anthracotarbidae, Architarbidae (syn. Phalangiotarbidae), Devonotarbidae, Eotarbus, Eotarbus litoralis, Heterotarbidae, Opiliotarbidae, Protopilio depressus

Synonyms

Eotarbus was named by Kušta (1889).

It was considered a nomen dubium by Dunlop et al. (2013).
Eotarbus litoralis was named by Kušta (1889). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Rakovník (Rakonitz, Prague collection), which is in a Moscovian terrestrial shale/coal in the Kladno Formation of the Czech Republic.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Dunlop et al. (2013).
Protopilio depressus was named by Petrunkevitch (1913). Its type specimen is USNM 37974 and is an impression. Its type locality is Mazon Creek, USNM Lacoe Collection, which is in a Westphalian D interdistributary bay mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois.

It was recombined as Nemastomoides depressus by Petrunkevitch (1953); it was considered a nomen dubium by Dunlop et al. (2013).
Architarbi was named by Petrunkevitch (1945).

It was synonymized subjectively with Phalangiotarbida by Dunlop et al. (2013).

It was assigned to Arachnida by Petrunkevitch (1945).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1889	Eotarbus Kušta p. 198
1889	Eotarbus litoralis Kušta p. 198 fig. 3
1890	Phalangiotarbi Haase p. 650
1904	Eotarbus litoralis Fritsch p. 16 fig. 15
1913	Protopilio depressus Petrunkevitch p. 111 figs. Pl 10, fig 56; text-fig 69
1945	Architarbi Petrunkevitch
1953	Nemastomoides depressus Petrunkevitch p. 46
1953	Eotarbus litoralis Petrunkevitch p. 57
2008	Eotarbus litoralis Štamberg and Zajíc p. 57
2013	Phalangiotarbida Dunlop et al. p. 47

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
—	Deuteropoda
subphylum	Chelicerata	Heymons 1901

Rank	Name	Author
—	Euchelicerata	Weygoldt and Paulus 1979
—	Prosomapoda
—	Planaterga
—	Dekatriata
—	Sclerophorata	Kamenz et al. 2011
class	Arachnida	Lamarck 1801
order	Phalangiotarbida	()
order	Phalangiotarbi	()

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.

Or. †Phalangiotarbi Haase 1890 [phalangiotarbid]

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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 Early/Lower Emsian to the top of the Asselian or 409.10000 to 295.50000 Ma

Collections (32 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Pragian	410.8 - 407.6	Germany	Devonotarbus hombachensis (152107 162728 162729)
Early/Lower Emsian	409.1 - 402.5	Germany	Devonotarbus hombachensis (155757 155775 162730)
Brigantian	336.0 - 330.9	Germany	Architarbus mayasi (153594)
Westphalian A	318.7 - 316.9	United Kingdom (England)	Mesotarbus peteri (34944 124367)
Westphalian A	318.7 - 316.9	United Kingdom (Lancashire)	Architarbus subovalis (153477 153487)
Westphalian B	316.9 - 314.6	United Kingdom (England)	Goniotarbus tuberculatus (125238)
Westphalian B	316.9 - 314.6	United Kingdom (Staffordshire)	Geraphrynus angulatus, Geraphrynus hindi, Goniotarbus tuberculatus (34908) Geraphrynus tuberculatus, Geraphrynus eggintoni, Geraphrynus torpedo, Geraphrynus angustus, Goniotarbus tuberculatus (34907) Goniotarbus tuberculatus, Mesotarbus intermedius (34910)
Moscovian	315.2 - 307.0	Czech Republic (Central Bohemian)	Eotarbus litoralis (126152)
Moscovian	315.2 - 307.0	Czech Republic (Pilsen)	Geratarbus bohemicus, Orthotarbus nyranensis (128574)
Westphalian D	309.8 - 307.5	USA (Indiana)	Triangulotarbus terrehautensis (152112)
Westphalian D	309.8 - 307.5	Germany	Architarbus hoffmanni (125664) Pycnotarbus verrucosus (172767)
Westphalian D	309.8 - 307.5	USA (Illinois)	Architarbus rotundatus (152106) Architarbus rotundatus, Discotarbus deplanatus, Paratarbus carbonarius, Ootarbus pulcher, Ootarbus ovatus, Orthotarbus robustus (133734) Architarbus rotundatus, Geratarbus minutus, Discotarbus deplanatus, Metatarbus triangularis, Architarbus minor (112630) Architarbus rotundatus, Heterotarbus ovatus (146857) Geraphrynus carbonarius, Architarbus rotundatus (122521) Geraphrynus carbonarius, Architarbus rotundatus, Geratarbus lacoei, Architarbus elongatum, Protopilio depressus (21981) Hadrachne horribilis (152111) Metatarbus triangularis (122512)
Westphalian D	309.8 - 307.5	United Kingdom (Somerset)	Bornatarbus mayasii (153596)
Westphalian D	309.8 - 307.5	USA (Oklahoma)	Anthracotarbus hintoni (152109)
Stephanian C	301.0 - 300.4	Germany	Orthotarbus longipes (172340)
Asselian	298.9 - 295.5	Germany (Thuringia)	Opiliotarbus elongatus (155777)