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Thelyphonidae

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Description

Thelyphonidae is the sole family in the Thelyphonida order of arachnids.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelyphonidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	7764	https://www.gbif.org/species/7764
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	282210	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=282210

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Uropygi : Thelyphonidae

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
-	Schizotarsata	Shultz 2007
-	Pedipalpi	Borner 1904
order	Thelyphonida	Latreille 1804
order	Uropygi	Thorell 1882
family	Thelyphonidae	Lucas 1835

Scientific Name

Thelyphonidae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Thelyphonidae	family	belongs to Thelyphonida	stated with evidence	Brauckmann et al., 2003
Thelyphonidae	family	belongs to Uropygi	stated with evidence	Dunlop et al., 2013
Thelyphonidae	family	belongs to Thelyphonida	stated with evidence	Cai and Huang, 2017
Thelyphonidae	family	belongs to Uropygi	stated with evidence	Clouse et al., 2017

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

3 (43%)

First Recorded Appearance

122 - 112 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

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)

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

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelyphonidae

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Thelyphoninae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		1	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Abaliella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chajnus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Etienneus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Geralinura ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	318 Ma Carboniferous	311 Ma Carboniferous
Ginosigma genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glyptogluteus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hypoctonus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Labochirus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mastigoproctus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mayacentrum genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mesoproctus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Mesothelyphonus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Mimoscorpius genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Minbosius genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Parageralinura ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	318 Ma Carboniferous	307 Ma Carboniferous
Proschizomus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	315 Ma Carboniferous	315 Ma Carboniferous
Ravilops genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Teltus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tetrabalius genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Thelyphonellus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Thelyphonoides genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Thelyphonus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Typopeltis genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Uroproctus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Valeriophonus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Geralinuridae	GBIF	family	Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Uropygi : Geralinuridae

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1835	Thelyphonidae Lucas
2003	Thelyphonidae Brauckmann et al. p. 53
2013	Thelyphonidae Dunlop et al.
2017	Thelyphonidae Cai and Huang p. 101
2017	Thelyphonidae Clouse et al.

References

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

Brauckmann C., Schöllmann L., et al (2003) Die fossilen Insekten, Spinnentiere und Eurypteriden von Hagen-Vorhalle, Geologie und Paläontologie in Westfalen 59, 1-89

Cai C. Y., Huang D. Y. (2017) A new genus of whip-scorpions in Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber: earliest fossil record of the extant subfamily Thelyphoninae (Arachnida: Thelyphonida: Thelyphonidae), Cretaceous Research 69, 100-105

Clouse R. M., Branstetter M. G., et al (2017) First global molecular phylogeny and biogeographical analysis of two arachnid orders (Schizomida and Uropygi) supports a tropical Pangean origin and mid-Cretaceous diversification, Journal of Biogeography 44, 2660-2672

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Harvey, Mark S., 2003: null. Catalogue of the Smaller Arachnid Orders of the World: Amblypygi, Uropygi, Schizomida, Palpigradi, Ricinulei and Solifugae. xi + 400. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Harvey, Mark S., 2002: The neglected cousins: what do we know about the smaller arachnid orders?. The Journal of Arachnology, vol. 30, no. 2. 357-372. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

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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