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Weygoldtina anglica

Arachnida - Amblypygi - Weygoldtinidae

Taxonomy
Graeophonus anglicus was named by Pocock (1911). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Coseley, near Dudley (Egginton coll), which is in a Westphalian B interdistributary bay shale in the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Weygoldtina anglica by Dunlop (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Graeophonus anglicus Pocock p. 32 figs. Pl 1, fig 4
1949Graeophonus anglicus Petrunkevitch p. 271 figs. 161, 162, 263, 264, 268
1953Graeophonus anglicus Petrunkevitch p. 99 figs. 103-105
2013Graeophonus anglicus Dunlop et al. p. 190
2017Graeophonus anglicus Garwood et al. p. 12 fig. 3,4
2018Weygoldtina anglica Dunlop p. 19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
Prosomapoda
Planaterga
RankNameAuthor
Dekatriata
SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
Pantetrapulmonata
subclassTetrapulmonataSchultz 1990
Schizotarsata
PedipalpiBorner 1904
orderAmblypygiThorell 1883
suborderPaleoamblypygiWeygoldt 1996
familyWeygoldtinidae
genusWeygoldtina
speciesanglica()

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.

Weygoldtina anglica Pocock 1911
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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 Westphalian B to the top of the Westphalian C or 316.90000 to 309.80000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian B316.9 - 314.6United Kingdom (Staffordshire) Graeophonus anglicus (34906 type locality: 34907 34908 34935)
Westphalian B316.9 - 314.6United Kingdom (England) Graeophonus anglicus (125238)
Westphalian C314.6 - 309.8United Kingdom Graeophonus anglicus (34909)