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Spinilipus ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4659930	https://www.gbif.org/species/4659930
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	258134	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=258134

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Araneae : Cyatholipidae : Spinilipus

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	Cyatholipidae	Simon 1894
genus	Spinilipus	Wunderlich 1993

Scientific Name

Spinilipus Wunderlich, 1993

Name Published In

Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Palaeontologischen Institut der Universitaet Hamburg 75, Dezember

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Spinilipus	genus	belongs to Cyatholipidae	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

38.0 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene

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. Wunderlich. 1993. Die ersten fossilen Becherspinnen (Fam. Cyatholipidae) in Baltischem und Bitterfelder Bernstein (Arachnida: Araneae). Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut der Universität Hamburg 75:231-241

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Spinilipus bispinosus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	8	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Spinilipus curvatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Spinilipus glinki ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	4	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Spinilipus kerneggeri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Spinilipus longembolus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1993	Spinilipus Wunderlich p. 234
2013	Spinilipus Dunlop et al.

References

Wunderlich J. (1993) Die ersten fossilen Becherspinnen (Fam. Cyatholipidae) in Baltischem und Bitterfelder Bernstein (Arachnida: Araneae), Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut der Universität Hamburg 75, 231-241

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

Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Palaeontologischen Institut der Universitaet Hamburg 75, Dezember - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

NZ cross ref or inferred from publ. title - 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

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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