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Anthracomartidae ✝

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Description

Anthracomartidae Haase, 1890 is a family of the extinct arachnid order Trigonotarbida. It is likely to be most closely related to the Archaeomartidae, based on a 2014 cladistic analysis, within the clade (Palaeocharinus (Archaeomartidae + Anthracomartidae)).


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)3255735https://www.gbif.org/species/3255735
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)57496https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=57496
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Anthracomartidae
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Trigonotarbida : Anthracomartidae
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
orderTrigonotarbida
familyAnthracomartidaeHaase 1890
Scientific NameAnthracomartidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Anthracomartidaefamilybelongs to Anthracomartistated with evidenceHaase, 1890
Anthracomartidaefamilybelongs to Trigonotarbidastated with evidenceDunlop and Rößler, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)22
First Recorded Appearance339 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Last Recorded Appearance299 - 296 Ma
Paleozoic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Arachnida)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arachnida)
Visionlimited (based on Xiphosurida)
Dietcarnivore (based on Xiphosura)
Taphonomychitin (based on Arachnida)
Primary Reference (PBDB)E. Haase. 1890. Beiträg zur Kenntniss der fossilen Arachniden. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 42:629-657
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthracomartidae

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
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Anthracomartus
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
50339 Ma
Carboniferous
299 Ma
Carboniferous
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Brachypyge
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
3318 Ma
Carboniferous
315 Ma
Carboniferous
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Maiocercus
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
6318 Ma
Carboniferous
315 Ma
Carboniferous
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Palaeotarbus
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1423 Ma
Silurian
423 Ma
Silurian

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Brachypygidae GBIFfamilyAnimalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Brachypygidae
Coryphomartidae GBIFfamilyAnimalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Coryphomartidae
Promygalidae GBIFfamilyAnimalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Promygalidae
Pleomartidae GBIFfamilyAnimalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Pleomartidae

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1890Anthracomartidae Haase p. 650
1895Eurymartus Matthew p. 275
1895Eurymartus latus Matthew p. 275 figs. Pl 2, fig 7
1895Eurymartus Matthew p. 277
1904Promygalidae Fritsch p. 19
1911Brachypygidae Pocock p. 58
1934Anthracomartidae Guthörl
1945Pleomartidae Petrunkevitch
YearName and Author
1945Anthracomartidae Petrunkevitch p. 49
1945Pleomartidae Petrunkevitch p. 49
1945Coryphomartidae Petrunkevitch p. 50
2002Anthracomartidae Dunlop and Rößler p. 214
2009Anthracomartidae Selden and Pillola p. 270
2011Anthracomartidae Wright and Selden p. 872
2013Anthracomartidae Dunlop et al. p. 121
2013Anthracomartidae Hyzny et al. p. 23

References

Haase E. Beiträg zur Kenntniss der fossilen Arachniden, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 42, 629-657
Matthew G. F. Organic remains of the Little River Group, no. IV, Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, Second Series 1, 273-279
Fritsch A. (1904) , Palaeozoische Arachniden, 1-85
Pocock R. I. (1911) , A Monograph of the Terrestrial Carboniferous Arachnida of Great Britain, 1-84
Guthörl P. (1934) Die Arthropoden aus dem Carbon und Perm des Saar-Nahe-Pfalz-Gebietes, Im Vertrieb bei der Preußischen Geologischen Landesanstalt 44 4, 1-279
Petrunkevitch A. I. (1945) Palaeozoic Arachnida of Illinois. An enquiry into their evolutionary trends, Illinois State Museum, Scientific Papers 3 2, 1-72
Dunlop J. A., Rößler R. (2002) The trigonotarbid arachnid Anthracomartus voelkelianus (Anthracomartidae), The Journal of Arachnology 30, 211-218
Selden P. A., Pillola G. L. (2009) A trigonotarbid arachnid from the Upper Carboniferous of the San Giorgio basin, Sardinia, Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 115, 269-274
Wright D. F., Selden P. A. (2011) A trigonotarbid arachnid from the Pennsylvanian of Kansas, Journal of Paleontology 85, 871-876
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
Hyzny M., Jozsa S., et al (2013) A fossil arachnid from Slovakia: the Carboniferous trigonotarbid Anthracomartus voelkelianus Karsch, 1882, Arachnology 16, 21-26
Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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