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Hexapoda
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Rank | superclass (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Hexapoda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 45,784 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 9,524 (21%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 411 - 408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Arthropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | S. Hirst and S. Maulik. 1926. On some arthropod remains from the Rhynie Chert (Old Red Sandstone). Geological Magazine 63:69-71 |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Grammepus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | |
Leverhulmia ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
Onycholepisma ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 5.33 Ma Miocene | 5.33 Ma Miocene | |
Cercofilata unranked clade | listed (PBDB) | 47,129 | 372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 0 Ma Extant | |
Ellipura unranked clade | listed (PBDB) | 203 | 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 0 Ma Extant |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1825 | Hexapoda Latreille |
1926 | Entognatha Hirst and Maulik |
2012 | Hexapoda Nielsen p. 245 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!