Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
Phylum Arthropoda Siebold, 1848 - arthropods
Subphylum Chelicerata Heymons, 1901
Class Arachnida Lamarck, 1801
Superorder Acariformes Zakhvatkin, 1952 - mitelike mites
Order Sarcoptiformes Reuter, 1909
Suborder Oribatida van der Hammen, 1968 - oribatid mites
Infraorder Palaeosomata Grandjean, 1969
Superfamily Palaeacaroidea Grandjean, 1932 [monotypic]
Family Palaeacaridae Grandjean, 1932