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Isotomidae
Source Data |
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Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Collembola : Entomobryomorpha : Isotomidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 33 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 13 (39%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 411 - 408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | terrestrial (based on Collembola) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Arthropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | chitin (based on Collembola) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | K. Christiansen and E. Pike. 2002. Cretaceous Collembola (Arthropoda, Hexapoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Canada. Cretaceous Research 23:165-188 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Anurophorinae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 23 | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
Isotominae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 7 | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
Pachyotominae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
Anurophorus genus | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Rhyniella ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1896 | Isotomidae Schaffer |
2002 | Isotomidae Christiansen and Pike p. 171 |
2008 | Isotomidae Soto-Adames et al. |
2016 | Isotomidae Sánchez-García and Engel p. 4 |
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!