Palaeotydeus devonicus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tydeoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Subclassis: Acari Superordo: Acariformes Ordo: Trombidiformes Subordo: Prostigmata Cohort: Eupodina Superfamilia: Tydeoidea

Familia: Tydeidae
Subfamilia: ?
Genus: †Palaeotydeus
Species: †P. devonicus

Name

Palaeotydeus devonicus Dubinin, 1962

• Type locality: recorded from the Rhynie chert, Aberdeenshire (UK)
• Holotype: BMNH

Notes

• Type-species of the genus Palaeotydeus.
• Dubinin (1962) transferred four of the specimens originally assigned to Protacarus to four new species, amog which Palaeotydeus devonicus.

References

• Dubinin, V.B. 1962. Class Acaromorpha: mites or gnathosomic chelicerate arthropods. In: Rodendorf, B. B. (ed.), Fundamentals of Palaeontology. Academy of Sciences USSR, Moscow, pp. 447-473.