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Carbochthonius antrimensis

Arachnida - Acariformes - Cosmochthoniidae

Taxonomy
Carbochthonius antrimensis was named by Subías and Arillo (2002). Its type specimen is UM-27134, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fair Head, Ballycastle, which is in a Brigantian wet floodplain siliciclastic in the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Carbochthonius.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Carbochthonius antrimensis Subías and Arillo p. 103 figs. 5c; photo 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
EnarthronotaGrandjean 1947
superfamilyProthoplophoroideaEwing 1917
familyCosmochthoniidaeGrandjean 1947
genusCarbochthonius
speciesantrimensis

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.

Carbochthonius antrimensis Subías and Arillo 2002
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available