Phalangiotarbida Temporal range:
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Goniotarbus angulatus fossil, dorsal and ventral views | |
Reconstruction of Goniotarbus angulatus and Mesotarbus peteri | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | †
Phalangiotarbida Haase, 1890 |
Families | |
Currently 4 families, see text for details. | |
Synonyms | |
Architarbi |
Phalangiotarbida is an extinct arachnid order first recorded from the Early Devonian of Germany and most widespread in the Upper Carboniferous coal measures of Europe and North America. [1] The last species are known from the early Permian Rotliegend of Germany.
The affinities of phalangiotarbids are obscure, with most authors favouring affinities with Opiliones (harvestmen) and/or Acari (mites and ticks). Phalangiotarbida has been recently (2004) proposed to be sister group to ( Palpigradi+ Tetrapulmonata): the taxon Megoperculata sensu Shultz (1990). [2]
Nemastomoides depressus, described as a harvestman in the family Nemastomoididae, is actually a poorly preserved phalangiotarbid. [3]
Phalangiotarbida Temporal range:
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Goniotarbus angulatus fossil, dorsal and ventral views | |
Reconstruction of Goniotarbus angulatus and Mesotarbus peteri | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | †
Phalangiotarbida Haase, 1890 |
Families | |
Currently 4 families, see text for details. | |
Synonyms | |
Architarbi |
Phalangiotarbida is an extinct arachnid order first recorded from the Early Devonian of Germany and most widespread in the Upper Carboniferous coal measures of Europe and North America. [1] The last species are known from the early Permian Rotliegend of Germany.
The affinities of phalangiotarbids are obscure, with most authors favouring affinities with Opiliones (harvestmen) and/or Acari (mites and ticks). Phalangiotarbida has been recently (2004) proposed to be sister group to ( Palpigradi+ Tetrapulmonata): the taxon Megoperculata sensu Shultz (1990). [2]
Nemastomoides depressus, described as a harvestman in the family Nemastomoididae, is actually a poorly preserved phalangiotarbid. [3]