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Cushingia

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)321796https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=321796
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Solifugae : Cushingia
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
-PoecilophysideaPepato et al. 2010
orderSolifugaeSundevall 1833
genusCushingiaDunlop et al. 2015
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Cushingiagenusbelongs to Solifugaestated with evidenceDunlop et al., 2015
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
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. A. Dunlop, T. L. Bird, and J. O. Brookhart, G. Bechly. 2015. A camel spider from Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 56:265-273

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Cushingia ellenbergeri
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
299.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
99.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2015Cushingia Dunlop et al. p. 269
2016Cushingia Bartel et al. p. 163

References

Dunlop J. A., Bird T. L., et al (2015) A camel spider from Cretaceous Burmese amber, Cretaceous Research 56, 265-273
Bartel C., Dunlop J. A., et al (2016) The second camel spider (Arachnida, Solifugae) from Burmese amber, Arachnology 17, 161-164
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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