Protacarus crani

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Eupodoidea
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: Eupodoidea

Familia: Eupodidae
Genus: †Protacarus
Species: †P. crani

Name

Protacarus crani Hirst, 1923

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

Notes

• Type-species of the genus Protacarus
• Tentatively referred to the modern family Eupodidae by Dunlop & Garwood (2018: 4)

References

• Hirst, A.S. 1923. On some arachnid remains from the Old Red Sandstone (Rhynie Chert bed, Aberdeenshire). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (ser. 9) 12: 455–474. DOI: 10.1080/00222932308632963 Reference page. 
• Dunlop, J.A. & Garwood, R.J. 2018. Terrestrial invertebrates in the Rhynie chert ecosystem. Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society, B Biologic