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Palaeoctenacarus

Arachnida - Acariformes - Ctenacaridae

Taxonomy
Palaeoctenacarus was named by Subías and Arillo (2002). Its type is Palaeoctenacarus simmsoi.

It was assigned to Ctenacaridae by Subías and Arillo (2002).

Species
P. simmsoi (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Palaeoctenacarus Subías and Arillo p. 96

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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
—PalaeosomataGrandjean 1969
superfamilyCtenacaroideaGrandjean 1954
familyCtenacaridaeGrandjean 1954
genusPalaeoctenacarus

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.

G. †Palaeoctenacarus Subías and Arillo 2002
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†Palaeoctenacarus simmsoi Subías and Arillo 2002
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available