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Arachnolithulus ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4657477https://www.gbif.org/species/4657477
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)257499https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=257499
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Araneae : Ochyroceratidae : Arachnolithulus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
-EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
-ProsomapodaLamsdell 2013
classXiphosura
orderXiphosuridaLatreille 1802
-PlanatergaLamsdell 2013
-DekatriataLamsdell 2013
-SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
-PantetrapulmonataShultz 2007
subclassTetrapulmonataSchultz 1990
-SerikodiastidaGarwood and Dunlop 2014
orderAraneaeClerck 1757
suborderOpisthothelaePocock 1892
infraorderAraneomorphaeSmith 1902
-SynspermiataMichalik and Ramírez 2014
superfamilyScytodoideaBlackwall 1864
familyOchyroceratidaeFage 1912
genusArachnolithulusWunderlich 1988
Scientific NameArachnolithulus Wunderlich, 1988
Name Published InBeitr Araneologie 2
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Arachnolithulusgenusbelongs to Ochyroceratidaestated with evidenceDunlop et al., 2013
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance20.4 - 13.8 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance20.4 - 13.8 Ma
Miocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Arachnida)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arachnida)
Visionlimited (based on Xiphosurida)
Dietcarnivore (based on Xiphosura)
Taphonomychitin (based on Arachnida)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. Wunderlich. 1988. Die fossilen Spinnen im dominikanischen Bernstein. Beiträge zur Araneologie 2:1-378

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Arachnolithulus longipes ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		120.4 Ma
Miocene		20.4 Ma
Miocene
Arachnolithulus pygmaeus ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		120.4 Ma
Miocene		20.4 Ma
Miocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1988Arachnolithulus Wunderlich p. 62
2013Arachnolithulus Dunlop et al.

References

Wunderlich J. (1988) Die fossilen Spinnen im dominikanischen Bernstein, Beiträge zur Araneologie 2, 1-378
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
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
original work (title/other) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Beitr Araneologie 2 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
GBIF/Senckenberg: Collection Arachnology SMF - 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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