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Oribatid mite fossils from a terrestrial Devonian deposit near Gilboa, New York

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2016

Roy A. Norton ,
Patricia M. Bonamo ,
James D. Grierson  and
William A. Shear
Roy A. Norton
Affiliation:
1S.U.N.Y. College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, New York 13210 and Research Associate, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois 60605
Patricia M. Bonamo
Affiliation:
2Department of Biology, S.U.N.Y. Binghamton, Binghamton, New York 13901
James D. Grierson
Affiliation:
2Department of Biology, S.U.N.Y. Binghamton, Binghamton, New York 13901
William A. Shear
Affiliation:
3Department of Biology, Hampden-Sydney College, Hampden-Sydney, Virginia 23943
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Abstract

Fourteen oribatid mite fossils have been recovered from a terrestrial Devonian deposit near Gilboa, New York; they allow an approximate doubling of the known age of the group. Two species are represented by specimens complete enough to allow descriptions. Protochthonius gilboa n. gen. and sp. is the earliest derivative known member of the Enarthronota, and comprises the monobasic new family Protochthoniidae. Devonacarus sellnicki n. gen. and sp. also represents a monobasic new family, Devonacaridae; it may also be an early derivative enarthronote mite, but its relationships are uncertain. Two other species are represented at the site, but meaningful descriptions are not possible with available material.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 62 , Issue 2 , March 1988 , pp. 259 - 269
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Copyright © The Paleontological Society 

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