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Archaeognatha
| Description | The Archaeognatha are an order of apterygotes, known by various common names such as jumping bristletails. Among extant insect taxa they are some of the most evolutionarily primitive; they appeared in the Middle Devonian period at about the same time as the arachnids. Specimens that closely resemble extant species have been found as both body and trace fossils (the latter including body imprints and trackways) in strata from the remainder of the Paleozoic Era and more recent periods. For historical reasons an alternative name for the order is Microcoryphia. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeognatha, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Archaeognatha | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Common Name | jumping bristletails | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Archaeognatha | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 64 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 17 (27%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 311 - 307 Ma Carboniferous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | terrestrial (based on Insecta) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Arthropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | chitin (based on Insecta) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | C. Börner. 1904. Zur Systematik der Hexapoden. Zoologischer Anzeiger 27:511-533 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Felsenspringer, Archéognathes, Bristletails, Hoppborstsvansar, 古顎, Jumping Bristletails | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeognatha |
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Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Machilida suborder | listed (PBDB) | 61 | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Monura ✝ suborder | listed (PBDB) | 16 | 311 Ma Carboniferous | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | |
| Dasyleptidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 16 | 311 Ma Carboniferous | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | |
| Machilidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Jumping Bristletail | 38 | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | 0 Ma Extant |
| Meinertellidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Rock Bristletail | 23 | 130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant |
| Triassomachilidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1904 | Archaeognatha Börner p. 523 |
| 1904 | Microcoriphia Verhoeff |
| 1992 | Archaeognatha Carpenter |
| 2004 | Archaeognatha Kukalová-Peck and Lawrence |
| 2013 | Microcoryphia Mendes and Wunderlich p. 14 |
| 2014 | Archaeognatha Misof et al. |
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1904 | Archaeognatha Börner p. 523 |
| 1904 | Microcoriphia Verhoeff |
| 1992 | Archaeognatha Carpenter |
| 2004 | Archaeognatha Kukalová-Peck and Lawrence |
| 2013 | Microcoryphia Mendes and Wunderlich p. 14 |
| 2014 | Archaeognatha Misof et al. |
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!
