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Protheridiidae ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8620661https://www.gbif.org/species/8620661
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)268665https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=268665
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Araneae : Protheridiidae
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
familyProtheridiidaeWunderlich 2004
Scientific NameProtheridiidae
Name Published InBeiträge zur Araneologie 3B: 1134.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Protheridiidaefamilybelongs to Araneoideastated with evidenceDunlop et al., 2013
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)7
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
Protheridion
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
538.0 Ma
Eocene
38.0 Ma
Eocene
Zarqaraneus
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2004Protheridiidae Wunderlich p. 1134
2013Protheridiidae Dunlop et al. p. 154

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: 1134. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Wunderlich, 2004 - 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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