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Protentomobrya walkeri

Collembola - Entomobryomorpha - Protentomobryidae

Taxonomy
Protentomobrya walkeri was named by Folsom (1937). Its type specimen is ROM 64, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Cedar Lake (ROM collection), which is in a Campanian terrestrial amber in Canada. It is the type species of Protentomobrya.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Protentomobrya walkeri Folsom p. 17 fig. 1
1953Protentomobrya walkeri Laurentiaux p. 413 fig. 7
2002Protentomobrya walkeri Christiansen and Pike p. 167 fig. 1
2016Protentomobrya walkeri Sánchez-García and Engel p. 32

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
EllipuraBörner 1910
classCollembola(Lubbock 1871)
orderEntomobryomorphaBörner 1913
superfamilyIsotomoideaSchaffer 1896
familyProtentomobryidae
genusProtentomobrya
specieswalkeri

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Protentomobrya walkeri Folsom 1937
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitino
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:34
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:34
Source: o = order, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Manitoba) Protentomobrya walkeri (type locality: 122356)