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Myriapoda
Taxonomy
Myriapoda was named by Latreille (1802). It is extant.
It was reranked as the order Myriapoda by Scudder (1882); it was reranked as the class Myriapoda by Sepkoski (2002), Edgecombe and Giribet (2007); it was reranked as the class Myriapoda by Štamberg and Zajíc (2008); it was reranked as the unranked clade Myriapoda by Martens et al. (2005), Nielsen (2012).
It was assigned to Insecta by Latreille (1802); to Mandibulata by Edgecombe and Giribet (2007); to Arthropoda by Scudder (1882), Sepkoski (2002), Martens et al. (2005), Štamberg and Zajíc (2008); and to Mandibulata by Nielsen (2012).
It was reranked as the order Myriapoda by Scudder (1882); it was reranked as the class Myriapoda by Sepkoski (2002), Edgecombe and Giribet (2007); it was reranked as the class Myriapoda by Štamberg and Zajíc (2008); it was reranked as the unranked clade Myriapoda by Martens et al. (2005), Nielsen (2012).
It was assigned to Insecta by Latreille (1802); to Mandibulata by Edgecombe and Giribet (2007); to Arthropoda by Scudder (1882), Sepkoski (2002), Martens et al. (2005), Štamberg and Zajíc (2008); and to Mandibulata by Nielsen (2012).
Subtaxa
Entered
by M. Clapham on 2015-09-25
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1802 | Myriapoda Latreille p. 43 |
| 1882 | Myriapoda Scudder p. 150 |
| 1890 | Gerascutigeridae Scudder p. 418 |
| 1890 | Eoscolopendridae Scudder p. 419 |
| 1986 | Tiphoscorpionoidea Kjellesvig-Waering p. 126 |
| 2002 | Myriapoda Sepkoski |
| 2005 | Myriapoda Martens et al. |
| 2007 | Myriapoda Edgecombe and Giribet |
| 2008 | Myriapoda Štamberg and Zajíc p. 71 |
| 2012 | Myriapoda Nielsen p. 244 figs. Fig. 44.2 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available