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Ommatocepheus nortoni

Arachnida - Acariformes - Cepheidae

Taxonomy
Ommatocepheus nortoni was named by Arillo et al. (2008). Its type specimen is MCNA 13348, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Salinillas de Buradón (Alava amber), which is in an Albian terrestrial amber in Spain.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Ommatocepheus nortoni Arillo et al. p. 253 fig. 1,2

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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
—PoecilophysideaPepato et al. 2010
orderAcariformes(Zakhvatkin 1952)
suborderSarcoptiformesReuter 1909
infraorderOribatidaDugès 1834
—BrachypylinaHull 1918
superfamilyCepheoideaBerlese 1896
familyCepheidaeBerlese 1896
genusOmmatocepheusBerlese 1913
speciesnortoni

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.

†Ommatocepheus nortoni Arillo et al. 2008
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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: Albian or 113.00000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.0 - 100.5Spain Ommatocepheus nortoni (type locality: 163780)