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Nemastomoides
Nemastomoides elaveris Thevenin, 1901
Nemastomoides elaveris Thevenin, 1901. Reconstruction from Pocock (1911).

Suborder

Dyspnoi

Infraorder

n/a

Superfamily

Troguloidea

Nemastomoididae Petrunkevitch, 1955 is a family of Dyspnoi with only one fossil genus, † Nemastomoides Thevenin, 1901.

Placement and composition[]

Originally included in Troguloidea. Dunlop (2007: 255)[1] considered them to be stem Phalangida. The type species comes from Carboniferous of France. A second species from Mazon Creek, Illinois, originally in Protopilio, was added by Dunlop (2004)[2].

Subtaxa[]

Nemastomoides Thevenin, 1901[]

  • Nemastomoides elaveris Thevenin, 1901 -- Coal Measures of Commentry, northern France. Upper Carboniferous.
  • Nemastomoides longipes (Petrunkevitch, 1913) -- USA, Illinois, Mazon Creek. Upper Carboniferous, Pennsylvanic, Lower Allegheny.

References[]

  1. Dunlop, J.A. (2007) Paleontology. In: Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & Giribet, G. (Eds.), Harvestmen: the biology of the Opiliones. x + 597 pages. Harvard University Press, Cambridge and London, pp 247–265.
  2. Dunlop, J. A. (2004a) The enigmatic fossil arachnid Kustarachne tenuipes Scudder, 1890 is a harvestman. In: Samu, F. & Szinetár, C. (Eds.), European Arachnology 2002. Plant Protection Institute & Berzsenyi College, Budapest, pp. 17–25.
Dyspnoi Classification
Incertae sedis
Not assigned to family Ameticos | †Echinopustulatus
Superfamily Acropsopilionoidea
Family Acropsopilionidae Acropsopilio | Austropsopilio | Caddella
Family †Halithersidae Halitherses
Superfamily Ischyropsalidoidea
Family Ischyropsalididae
Subfamily Ceratolasmatinae Acuclavella | Ceratolasma
Subfamily Ischyropsalidinae Ischyropsalis
Family Sabaconidae Sabacon
Family Taracidae Crosbycus | Hesperonemastoma | Taracus
Superfamily Troguloidea
Family Dicranolasmatidae Dicranolasma
Family †Eotrogulidae Eotrogulus
Family Nemastomatidae


Subfamily Nemastomatinae Acromitostoma |

Carinostoma | Caucnemastoma | Centetostoma | Giljarovia | Hadzinia | Histricostoma | Mediostoma | Mitostoma | Nemaspela | Nemastoma | Nemastomella | Paranemastoma | Pyza | Saccarella | Starengovia | Vestiferum

Subfamily Ortholasmatinae Cladolasma | Dendrolasma | Martensolasma | Ortholasma | Trilasma
Family †Nemastomoididae Nemastomoides
Family Nipponopsalididae Nipponopsalis
Family Trogulidae Anarthrotarsus | Anelasmocephalus | Calathocratus | Kofiniotis | Trogulus
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