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Penicillata

Myriapoda

Taxonomy
Penicillata was named by Latreille (1825). It is extant.

It was assigned to Diplopoda by Rasnitsyn and Golovatch (2004); and to Diplopoda by Hoffman (1969), Shear and Edgecombe (2010), Su et al. (2019).

Subtaxa
Polyxenida

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Penicillata Latreille
1969Penicillata Hoffman p. 583
2004Penicillata Rasnitsyn and Golovatch p. 155
2010Penicillata Shear and Edgecombe p. 181
2019Penicillata Su et al. p. 221

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
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phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
classMyriapoda()
—DignathaTiegs 1947
subclassDiplopodaGervais 1844
subclassPenicillataLatreille 1825
subclassPenicillataLatreille 1825

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.

Subcl. Penicillata Latreille 1825
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Or. Polyxenida Lucas 1840
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Fm. Lophoproctidae Silvestri 1897
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G. Lophoproctus Pocock 1894
Superfm. Polyxenoidea Lucas 1840
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Fm. Polyxenidae Lucas 1840
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G. †Electroxenus Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin and Azar 2004
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†Electroxenus jezzinensis Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin and Azar 2004
G. †Libanoxenus Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin and Azar 2004
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†Libanoxenus hammanaensis Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin and Azar 2004
G. Pauropsxenus Silvestri 1948
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†Pauropsxenus extraneus Su et al. 2020
†Pauropsxenus ordinatus Su et al. 2020
G. Polyxenus Latreille 1802
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†Polyxenus caudatus Menge 1854
†Polyxenus colurus Menge 1854
†Polyxenus conformis Koch and Berendt 1854
†Polyxenus lophurus Menge 1854
†Polyxenus miocenica Srivastava et al. 2006
†Polyxenus ovalis Koch and Berendt 1854
Superfm. Synxenoidea Silvestri 1923
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Fm. Synxenidae Silvestri 1923
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G. Phryssonotus Scudder 1885
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†Phryssonotus burmiticus Cockerell 1917
†Phryssonotus hystrix Menge 1854
Invalid names: Lophonotus Menge 1854 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2004-02-29 09:38:49
Modified: 2004-02-29 11:38:49
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Barremian to the top of the Burdigalian or 125.77000 to 15.98000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 121.4 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Lebanon Electroxenus jezzinensis (123000) Libanoxenus hammanaensis (122471)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Alpes-de-Haute- Provence) Phryssonotus sp. (123441)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar Phryssonotus burmiticus, Pauropsxenus ordinatus, Pauropsxenus extraneus (161726) Phryssonotus burmiticus, Polyxenidae indet. (144466) Polyxenida indet., Phryssonotus burmiticus (196547) Polyxenida indet., Polyxenidae indet. (184692) Polyxenus burmiticus (123020)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Poland Lophonotus hystrix, Polyxenus colurus, Polyxenus lophurus, Polyxenus caudatus (120811) Polyxenus conformis, Polyxenus ovalis (109625)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98India (Kerala) Polyxenus miocenica (184505)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Dominican Republic Lophoproctus sp. (122472 159268)