†Rhyniella praecursor Hirst and Maulik 1926 (springtail)
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Collembola - Entomobryomorpha - Isotomidae
Full reference: S. Hirst and S. Maulik. 1926. On some arthropod remains from the Rhynie Chert (Old Red Sandstone). Geological Magazine 63:69-71
Belongs to Rhyniella according to A. Sánchez-García and M. S. Engel 2016
See also Hirst and Maulik 1926, Laurentiaux 1953, Scourfield 1940, Tillyard 1928 and Whalley and Jarzembowski 1981
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Rhynie cherts (BMNH coll.), which is in a Pragian pond chert in the Dryden Flags Formation of the United Kingdom
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Devonian of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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