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Cheiracanthiidae

Arachnida - Araneae - Cheiracanthiidae

Taxonomy
Cheiracanthiidae was named by Wagner (1887). It is extant.

It was assigned to Dionycha by García-Villafuerte and Ibarra-Núñez (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Cheiracanthiidae Wagner
2023Cheiracanthiidae García-Villafuerte and Ibarra-Núñez

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
—EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
—Prosomapoda
—Planaterga
—Dekatriata
RankNameAuthor
—SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
—Pantetrapulmonata
subclassTetrapulmonataSchultz 1990
—Serikodiastida
orderAraneae
suborderOpisthothelaePocock 1892
infraorderAraneomorphaeSmith 1902
—EntelegynaeSimon 1893
—DionychaPetrunkevitch 1928
familyCheiracanthiidaeWagner 1887
familyCheiracanthiidaeWagner 1887

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.

Fm. Cheiracanthiidae Wagner 1887
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G. Strotarchus Simon 1888
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†Strotarchus heidti Wunderlich 1988
†Strotarchus paradoxus Petrunkevitch 1963
Invalid names: Mimeutychurus Petrunkevitch 1963 [synonym]
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 20.44000 to 15.97000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Chiapas) Mimeutychurus paradoxus (124469) Strotarchus paradoxus (228571 230094)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Strotarchus heidti (120817 146557)