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Myriapoda
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| Rank | class (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Myriapoda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 428 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 134 (31%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 433 - 427 Ma Silurian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Arthropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | P. A. Latreille. 1802. Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes, Tome Troisième | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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 Chilopodaclass | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Centipede | 52 | 423 Ma Silurian | 0 Ma Extant |
| Symphyla class | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Archicarabides ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 311 Ma Carboniferous | 311 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Cambropodus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Eileticus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 318 Ma Carboniferous | 311 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Eojulus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 315 Ma Carboniferous | 315 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Hemiphoberia ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 311 Ma Carboniferous | 311 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Heterovorhoeffia ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 311 Ma Carboniferous | 311 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Juloites ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 47.8 Ma Eocene | 47.8 Ma Eocene | |
| Kralupia ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 315 Ma Carboniferous | 315 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Palenarthrus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 311 Ma Carboniferous | 311 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Sandtneria ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 311 Ma Carboniferous | 311 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Dignatha unranked clade | listed (PBDB) | 339 | 433 Ma Silurian | 0 Ma Extant |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1802 | Myriapoda Latreille p. 43 |
| 1882 | Myriapoda Scudder p. 150 |
| 1890 | Gerascutigeridae Scudder p. 418 |
| 1890 | Eoscolopendridae Scudder p. 419 |
| 1986 | Tiphoscorpionoidea Kjellesvig-Waering p. 126 |
| 2002 | Myriapoda Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2005 | Myriapoda Martens et al. |
| 2008 | Myriapoda Štamberg and Zajíc p. 71 |
| 2012 | Myriapoda Nielsen p. 244 figs. Fig. 44.2 |
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!
