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Oncobrya decepta

Collembola - Entomobryomorpha - Oncobryidae

Taxonomy
Oncobrya decepta was named by Christiansen and Pike (2002). Its type specimen is CAS 1094, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Grassy Lake, Medicine Hat (CNC June 1974 collection), which is in a Campanian terrestrial amber in the Foremost Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Oncobrya.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Oncobrya decepta Christiansen and Pike p. 168 fig. 2,3
2016Oncobrya decepta Sánchez-García and Engel p. 39

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
—EllipuraBörner 1910
classCollembola(Lubbock 1871)
orderEntomobryomorphaBörner 1913
superfamilyEntomobryoideaSchaffer 1896
familyOncobryidae
genusOncobrya
speciesdecepta

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.

†Oncobrya decepta Christiansen and Pike 2002
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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: Middle Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Oncobrya decepta (type locality: 122384)