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2013 in arthropod paleontology
This list of fossil arthropods described in 2013 is a list of new taxa of trilobites, fossil insects, crustaceans, arachnids and other fossil arthropods of every kind that have been described during the year 2013. The list only includes taxa at the level of genus or species.
This list of fossil arthropods described in 2013 is a list of new taxa of trilobites, fossil insects, crustaceans, arachnids and other fossil arthropods of every kind that have been described during the year 2013. The list only includes taxa at the level of genus or species.
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amiracarus pliocennatus | Sp. nov | Valid | Miko et al. | Pliocene to Pleistocene | Slovenia | An oribatid mite. | ||
| Chaerilobuthus longiaculeus | Sp. nov | Valid | Lourenço | Cenomanian | Burmese amber | Myanmar | A scorpion, a species of Chaerilobuthus. | |
| Friularachne | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Dalla Vecchia & Selden | Late Triassic (Norian) | Dolomia di Forni Formation | Italy | A member of Mygalomorphae, possibly an atypoid. The type species is Friularachne rigoi. | |
| Gondwanascorpio | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Gess | Devonian (Famennian) | Witpoort Formation | South Africa | A scorpion of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Gondwanascorpio emzantsiensis. | |
| Labidostoma (Pseudocornutella) electri | Subgen. et sp. nov | Valid | Sidorchuk & Bertrand | Eocene | Europe | A labidostomatid mite found in Baltic amber, a species of Labidostoma. | ||
| Lagonomegops? cor | Sp. nov | Valid | Pérez-de la Fuente, Saupe & Selden | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | Spain | A lagonomegopid found in Albian Spanish amber, possibly a species of Lagonomegops. | ||
| Mongolarachne | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Selden, Shih & Ren | Middle or Late Jurassic | China | A member of Araneomorphae related to the group Orbiculariae; a new genus for "Nephila" jurassica Selden, Shih & Ren (2011). | ||
| Permotarbus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Dunlop & Rößler | Early Permian | Germany | A member of Trigonotarbida. The type species is Permotarbus schuberti. | ||
| Sellnickiella balticae | Sp. nov | Valid | Sidorchuk & Bertrand | Eocene | Europe | A labidostomatid mite found in Baltic amber, a species of Sellnickiella. | ||
| Soplaogonomegops | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Pérez-de la Fuente, Saupe & Selden | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | Spain | A lagonomegopid found in Albian Spanish amber. The type species is Soplaogonomegops unzuei. | ||
| Spinomegops | Gen. et 2 sp. nov | Valid | Pérez-de la Fuente, Saupe & Selden | Early Cretaceous (Albian) | Spain | A lagonomegopid found in Albian Spanish amber. Genus contains two species: S. arcanus and S. aragonensis. | ||
| Talbragaraneus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Selden & Beattie | Jurassic | Talbragar Fossil Fish Bed | Australia | A possible member of Uloboridae. The type species is Talbragaraneus jurassicus. | |
| Tityus azari | Sp. nov. | Disputed | Lourenço | Late Eocene or early Oligocene | Dominican Republic | A buthid scorpion found in Dominican amber, a species of Tityus. Teruel (2017) considered this species to be a junior synonym of Tityus geratus Santiago-Blay & Poinar (1988), while Lourenço (2017) considered it to be a distinct species. | ||
| Tynecotarbus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Hradská & Dunlop | Carboniferous (late Pennsylvanian) | Czech Republic | A member of Trigonotarbida. The type species is Tynecotarbus tichaveki. |
| Name | Novelty | Status | Authors | Age | Unit | Location | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adelophthalmus piussii | Sp. nov | Valid | Lamsdell, Simonetto & Selden | Late Carboniferous | Italy | A eurypterid, a species of Adelophthalmus. | ||
| Aglaspella sanduensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Lerosey-Aubril, Ortega-Hernández & Zhu | Cambrian (Furongian) | Sandu Formation | China | A member of Aglaspidida, a species of Aglaspella. | |
| Arthroaspis | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Stein et al. | Cambrian (Montezuman) | Sirius Passet Lagerstätte | Greenland | An arthropod of uncertain phylogenetic placement, probably a relative of trilobites. The type species is Arthroaspis bergstroemi. | |
| Austromarrella | Gen. et sp. | Valid | Haug et al. | Cambrian (Late Templetonian to Early Floran) | Monastery Creek Phosphorite Formation | Australia | A marrellomorph. The type species is Austromarrella klausmuelleri. | |
| Dvulikiaspis | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Marshall et al. | Early Devonian (Lochkovian) | Russia | A member of Chasmataspidida, a new genus for "Tylopterella" menneri (initially thought to be a eurypterid). | ||
| Hesselbonia | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Lerosey-Aubril, Ortega-Hernández & Zhu | Late Cambrian | St Lawrence Formation | United States | A member of Aglaspidida, a new genus for "Aglaspella" eatoni. | |
| Kachinophilus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Bonato, Edgecombe & Minelli | Late Cretaceous (earliest Cenomanian) | Myanmar | A geophilomorph centipede found in Burmese amber. The type species is Kachinophilus pereirai. | ||
| Kasibelinurus yueya | Sp. nov | Valid | Lamsdell, Xue & Selden | Early Devonian (Lochkovian) | Xiaxishancun Formation | China | Originally classified as a kasibelinurid xiphosuran and a species of Kasibelinurus; Selden, Lamsdell & Qi (2015) reinterpreted it as a chelicerate belonging to the lineage that branched from the main euchelicerate lineage prior to the divergence of Eurypterida, Arachnida and Chasmataspidida and made it the type species of a separate genus Houia. | |
| Kootenichela | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Legg | Middle Cambrian | Stephen Formation | Canada | A member of paraphyletic "Megacheira" closely related to Worthenella. The type species is Kootenichela deppi. Later study considered this species to be chimera. | |
| Loricicaris | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Legg & Caron | Cambrian | Burgess Shale | Canada | A basal, bivalved arthropod. The type species is Loricicaris spinocaudatus. | |
| Nahlyostaspis | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Marshall et al. | Early Devonian (Lochkovian) | Russia | A member of Chasmataspidida. The type species is Nahlyostaspis bergstroemi. | ||
| Nereocaris briggsi | Sp. nov | Valid | Legg & Caron | Cambrian | Burgess Shale | Canada | A basal, bivalved arthropod; a species of Nereocaris. | |
| Norikeya | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Tanaka, Siveter & Williams | Early Devonian | Japan | A bivalved arthropod of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is Norikeya onoi. | ||
| Palaeomarachne | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Rudkin et al. | Late Ordovician | William Lake Konservat-Lagerstätte | Canada | A sea spider. The type species is Palaeomarachne granulata. | |
| Paraeurypterus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Lamsdell, Hoşgör & Selden | Upper Ordovician | Şort Tepe Formation | Turkey | A eurypterid. The type species is Paraeurypterus anatoliensis. | |
| Parastemmiulus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Riquelme et al. | Miocene | Mexico | A stemmiulid millipede. The type species is Parastemmiulus elektron. | ||
| Pentapantopus | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Kühl, Poschmann & Rust | Early Devonian | Germany | A sea spider. The type species is Pentapantopus vogteli. | ||
| Pentlandopterus | Gen. et comb. nov | Valid | Lamsdell, Hoşgör & Selden | Silurian | United Kingdom | A eurypterid; a new genus for "Eurypterus" minor Laurie (1899). | ||
| Sinoleperditia (Sinoleperditia) tongvaiensis | Sp. nov | Valid | Wang | Early Devonian | Khao Loc Formation | Vietnam | A member of Leperditicopida (a group of arthropods of uncertain affinities, classified as ostracods or excluded from this group by different authors), a species of Sinoleperditia. | |
| Skrytyaspis | Gen. et sp. nov | Valid | Marshall et al. | Early Devonian (Lochkovian) | Russia | A member of Chasmataspidida. The type species is Skrytyaspis andersoni. | ||
| Strobilopterus proteus | Sp. nov | Valid | Lamsdell & Selden | Devonian (Pragian) | Beartooth Butte Formation | United States | A eurypterid, a species of Strobilopterus. | |
| Tremaglaspis vanroyi | Sp. nov | Valid | Lerosey-Aubril et al. | Cambrian (Guzhangian) | Weeks Formation | United States | A member of Aglaspidida, a species of Tremaglaspis. |
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