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Architarbus ✝

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Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4667304	https://www.gbif.org/species/4667304
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	211764	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=211764

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Architarbidae : Architarbus

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Phalangiotarbida : Architarbidae : Architarbus

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
order	Phalangiotarbida	Haase 1890
family	Architarbidae	Karsch 1882
genus	Architarbus	Scudder 1868

Scientific Name

Architarbus Scudder, 1868

Name Published In

Scudder, Samuel H. 1868. Supplement to the description of Articulates. Descriptions of fossil insects found on Mazon Creek, and near Morris, Grundy Co., Ill. Report on the Geological Survey of Illinois 3: 566–572.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Architarbus	genus	belongs to Architarbidae	stated with evidence	Karsch, 1882

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

311 - 307 Ma
Carboniferous

Last Recorded Appearance

311 - 307 Ma
Carboniferous

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)

S. H. Scudder. 1868. Supplement to descriptions of articulates. Descriptions of fossil insects found on Mazon Creek, and near Morris, Grundy Co. Ill. Geological Survey of Illinois 3:566-572

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Architarbus hoffmanni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	311 Ma Carboniferous	311 Ma Carboniferous
Architarbus minor ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	311 Ma Carboniferous	311 Ma Carboniferous
Architarbus rotundatus ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	8	311 Ma Carboniferous	311 Ma Carboniferous

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Geraphrynus Scudder, 1884	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Architarbidae : *Geraphrynus*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1868	Architarbus Scudder p. 568
1882	Architarbus Karsch p. 560
1884	Geraphrynus Scudder p. 16
1903	Architarbus Melander p. 181
1903	Geraphrynus Melander p. 181
1945	Architarbus Petrunkevitch p. 19
1949	Architarbus Petrunkevitch p. 165
1953	Architarbus Petrunkevitch p. 50
2003	Architarbus Rössler et al. p. 424
2013	Architarbus Dunlop et al. p. 47

References

Scudder S. H. Supplement to descriptions of articulates. Descriptions of fossil insects found on Mazon Creek, and near Morris, Grundy Co. Ill, Geological Survey of Illinois 3, 566-572

Karsch F. Ueber ein neues Spinnenthier aus der schlesischen Steinkohle und die Arachniden der Steinkohlen-formation überhaupt, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 34, 556-561

Scudder S. H. A contribution to our knowledge of Paleozoic Arachnida, Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 20, 15-22

Melander A. L. (1903) Some additions to the Carboniferous terrestrial arthropod fauna of Illinois, Journal of Geology 11 2, 178-198

Petrunkevitch A. I. (1945) Palaeozoic Arachnida of Illinois. An enquiry into their evolutionary trends, Illinois State Museum, Scientific Papers 3 2, 1-72

Petrunkevitch A. I. (1949) A study of the structure classification and relationships of the Palaeozoic Arachnida based on the collections of the British Museum, Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 37, 69-315

Petrunkevitch A. I. (1953) Paleozoic and Mesozoic Arachnida of Europe, Geological Society of America Memoir 53, 1-122

Rössler R., Dunlop J. A., et al (2003) A redescription of some poorly known Rotliegend arachnids from the Lower Permian (Asselian) of the Ilfeld and Thuringian Forest Basins, Germany, Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 77, 417-427

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

Geol. Surv. Illinois, 3 - 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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