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Mesothelyphonus parvus

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)9526123https://www.gbif.org/species/9526123
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)346719https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=346719
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Uropygi : Thelyphonidae : Mesothelyphonus : Mesothelyphonus parvus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Uropygi : Thelyphonidae : Mesothelyphonus : Mesothelyphonus parvus
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
-SchizotarsataShultz 2007
-PedipalpiBorner 1904
orderThelyphonidaLatreille 1804
orderUropygiThorell 1882
familyThelyphonidaeLucas 1835
subfamilyThelyphoninaeLucas 1835
genusMesothelyphonusCai and Huang 2017
speciesMesothelyphonus parvusCai & Huang 2017
Generic NameMesothelyphonus
Scientific NameMesothelyphonus parvus Cai & Huang, 2017
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Mesothelyphonus parvusspeciesbelongs to Mesothelyphonusstated with evidenceCai and Huang, 2017
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
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)C. Y. Cai and D. Y. Huang. 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

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2017Mesothelyphonus parvus Cai and Huang p. 101 figs. 2-5

References

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
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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