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Eomysmena ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4654846	https://www.gbif.org/species/4654846
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	258175	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=258175

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Araneae : Theridiidae : Eomysmena

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Chelicerata	Heymons 1901
-	Euchelicerata	Weygoldt and Paulus 1979
-	Prosomapoda	Lamsdell 2013
class	Xiphosura
order	Xiphosurida	Latreille 1802
-	Planaterga	Lamsdell 2013
-	Dekatriata	Lamsdell 2013
-	Sclerophorata	Kamenz et al. 2011
class	Arachnida	Lamarck 1801
-	Pantetrapulmonata	Shultz 2007
subclass	Tetrapulmonata	Schultz 1990
-	Serikodiastida	Garwood and Dunlop 2014
order	Araneae	Clerck 1757
suborder	Opisthothelae	Pocock 1892
infraorder	Araneomorphae	Smith 1902
-	Entelegynae	Simon 1893
superfamily	Araneoidea	Simon 1895
family	Theridiidae	Sundevall 1833
genus	Eomysmena	Petrunkevitch 1942

Scientific Name

Eomysmena Petrunkevitch, 1942

Name Published In

Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci., 34

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Eomysmena	genus	belongs to Theridiidae	stated with evidence	Dunlop et al., 2013

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

38.0 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene

Last Recorded Appearance

23.0 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Arachnida)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Arachnida)

Vision

limited (based on Xiphosurida)

Diet

carnivore (based on Xiphosura)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Arachnida)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

A. Petrunkevitch. 1942. A study of amber spiders. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 34:119-464

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Androgeus militaris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Antopia tenera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astodipoena crassa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eodipoena baltica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eodipoena bassleri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eodipoena kaestneri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eodipoena nielseni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Eodipoena oculata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eodipoena regalis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Eomysmena asta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Eomysmena aviceps ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Eomysmena baltica ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Eomysmena bassleri ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Eomysmena calefacta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Eomysmena crassa ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Eomysmena kaestneri ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Eomysmena militaris ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Eomysmena moritura ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Eomysmena oculata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		4	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Eomysmena punctulata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Eomysmena recta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Eomysmena tenera ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Mizalia punctulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1854	Antopia Menge p. 24
1942	Eodipoena Petrunkevitch p. 271
1942	Eomysmena Petrunkevitch p. 283
1958	Astodipoena Petrunkevitch p. 201
2013	Eomysmena Dunlop et al.

References

Petrunkevitch A. (1942) A study of amber spiders, Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 34, 119-464

Menge A. Footnotes and taxonomic names, in Die im Bernstein befindlichen Crustaceen, Myriapoden, Arachniden und Apteren der Vorwelt, Die in Bernstein Befindlichen Organischen Reste der Vorwelt Gesammelt in Verbindung mit Mehreren Bearbeitetet und Herausgegeben 1 2, 1-124

Petrunkevitch A. (1958) Amber Spiders in European Collections, Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 41, 97-400

Dunlop J. A., Penney D., et al (2013) A summary list of fossil spiders and their relatives, The World Spider Catalog, version 14.0. American Museum of Natural History

Hallan, J. (2000-current). Biology Catalog. Web compilation accessible at http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (accessed June 2012). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci., 34 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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