Chelicerata

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Classes (3): Arachnida – Merostomata – Pycnogonida

Unplaced ordines: †Habeliida – †Mollisoniida

Chelicerata Heymons, 1901

Dunlop J.A. 2010. Geological history and phylogeny of Chelicerata. Arthropod Structure & Development 39(2-3): 124–142. DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2010.01.003
Dunlop J.A. & Selden P.A. 2009. Calibrating the chelicerate clock: a paleontological reply to Jeyaprakash and Hoy. Experimental and Applied Acarology 48(3): 183–197. DOI: 10.1007/s10493-009-9247-1 PDF
Grimaldi, D. & Engel, M.S. 2005. Evolution of the Insects. Cambridge University Press, New York, USA. ISBN 978-0-521-82149-0. limited preview on Google Books. Reference page. [as superclass of subphylum Arachnomorpha, infraphylum Cheliceriformes]
Jeyaprakash, A. & Hoy, M.A. 2009. First divergence time estimate of spiders, scorpions, mites and ticks (subphylum: Chelicerata) inferred from mitochondrial phylogeny. Experimental and Applied Acarology 47(1): 1–18. DOI: 10.1007/s10493-008-9203-5
Legg, D.A. 2014. Sanctacaris uncata: the oldest chelicerate (Arthropoda). Naturwissenschaften 101: 1065–1073. DOI: 10.1007/s00114-014-1245-4 . Reference page.
Lerosey-Aubril, R., Kimmig, J., Pates, S., Skabelund, J., Weug, A. & Ortega-Hernández, J. 2020. New exceptionally-preserved panarthropods from the Drumian Wheeler Konservat-Lagerstätte of the House Range of Utah. Papers in Palaeontology 6(4): 501–531. DOI: 10.1002/spp2.1307 . Reference page.