Scutigerellidae
Appearance
Scutigerellidae Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
Class: | Symphyla |
Family: | Scutigerellidae Bagnall 1913 |
Genera | |
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Scutigerellidae is a family of symphylans. There are at least three genera and 30 described species in Scutigerellidae.[1][2][3][4] The oldest described species of the family are members of the extant genera Hanseniella and Scutigerella from Eocene aged Baltic amber,[5] undescribed specimens of the family are known from the Cenomanian aged Burmese amber of Myanmar.[6]
Genera
References
- ^ "Scutigerellidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
- ^ "Scutigerellidae Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
- ^ "Browse Scutigerellidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
- ^ Shelley, R.M. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals". Retrieved 2018-02-23.
- ^ U. Scheller. 2004. Two fossil symphylan species, Scutigerella baltica n. sp. and Hanseniella baltica n. sp. (Tracheata, Scutigerellidae), in Baltic amber. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 351:1-11
- ^ Wesener, Thomas; Moritz, Leif (2018-12-17). "Checklist of the Myriapoda in Cretaceous Burmese amber and a correction of the Myriapoda identified by Zhang (2017)". Check List. 14(6): 1131–1140. doi:10.15560/14.6.1131. ISSN 1809-127X.
Further reading
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- Foddai, Donatella; Dallai, Romano (1995). Chilopoda, Diplopoda, Pauropoda, Symphyla. Calderini.
- Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN 978-1402062421.
- Hansen, H.J. (1903). The genera and species of the order Symphyla. Company of Biologists Limited at the Clarendon Press.