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Acariformes

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)155664https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=155664
Rankorder (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Acariformes
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
superorderAcariformes
Common Namemite
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Acariformessuperorderbelongs to Acaristated without evidenceArillo et al., 2009
Acariformesorderbelongs to Acaristated with evidenceDunlop et al., 2013
Acariformesorderbelongs to Poecilophysideastated with evidenceGarwood and Dunlop, 2014
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)334
Extant Size (PBDB)196 (59%)
First Recorded Appearance411 - 408 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Environmentterrestrial (based on Arachnida)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arachnida)
Visionlimited (based on Xiphosurida)
Dietcarnivore (based on Xiphosura)
Taphonomychitin (based on Arachnida)
Primary Reference (PBDB)A. Arillo, L. S. Subías, and U. Shtanchaeva. 2009. A new fossil species of oribatid mite, Ametroproctus valeriae sp. nov. (Acariformes, Oribatida, Ametroproctidae), from the Lower Cretaceous amber of San Just, Teruel Province, Spain. Cretaceous Research 30(2):322-324

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Sarcoptiformes
order
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
109411 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
0 Ma
Extant
Trombidiformes
order
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
66411 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
0 Ma
Extant

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1952Acariformes Zakhvatkin
2009Acariformes Arillo et al. p. 322
2013Acariformes Dunlop et al. p. 69
2014Acariformes Garwood and Dunlop p. 21

References

Arillo A., Subías L. S., et al (2009) A new fossil species of oribatid mite, Ametroproctus valeriae sp. nov. (Acariformes, Oribatida, Ametroproctidae), from the Lower Cretaceous amber of San Just, Teruel Province, Spain, Cretaceous Research 30 2, 322-324 doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2008.07.013
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
Garwood R. J., Dunlop J. (2014) Three-dimensional reconstruction and the phylogeny of extinct chelicerate orders, PeerJ 2 e641, 1-33 doi:10.7717/peerj.641
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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