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Baltsuccinidae ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8529132https://www.gbif.org/species/8529132
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)258312https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=258312
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Araneae : Baltsuccinidae
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
-EntelegynaeSimon 1893
superfamilyAraneoideaSimon 1895
familyBaltsuccinidaeWunderlich 2004
Scientific NameBaltsuccinidae
Name Published InBeiträge zur Araneologie 3B: 1130.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Baltsuccinidaefamilybelongs to Araneoideastated with evidenceDunlop et al., 2013
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)4
First Recorded Appearance38.0 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Last Recorded Appearance38.0 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
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. 2004. On the relationships of the families of the superfamily Araneoidea (Araneae) and their kin, with cladograms, remarks on the origin of the orb web and description of the new and extinct families Baltsuccinidae and Protheridiidae in Tertiary Baltic amber. In J. Wunderlich (ed.), Beiträge zur Araneologie 3:1112-1154

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Baltsuccinus
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
238.0 Ma
Eocene
38.0 Ma
Eocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2004Baltsuccinidae Wunderlich p. 1130
2013Baltsuccinidae Dunlop et al.

References

Wunderlich J. (2004) On the relationships of the families of the superfamily Araneoidea (Araneae) and their kin, with cladograms, remarks on the origin of the orb web and description of the new and extinct families Baltsuccinidae and Protheridiidae in Tertiary Baltic amber, Beiträge zur Araneologie 3, 1112-1154
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
Beiträge zur Araneologie 3B: 1130. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
inferred from original work (title) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
www.organismnames.com (Jun 2012) / web search (AJR) - 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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