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Keratopygos megalos

Collembola - Symphypleona - Katiannidae

Taxonomy
Keratopygos megalos was named by Christiansen and Pike (2002). Its type specimen is CAS 110, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Grassy Lake, Medicine Hat (CNC August 1968 collection), which is in a Campanian terrestrial amber in the Foremost Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Keratopygos megalos Christiansen and Pike p. 181 fig. 14,15
2016Keratopygos megalos Sánchez-García and Engel p. 43

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
RankNameAuthor
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—EllipuraBörner 1910
classCollembola(Lubbock 1871)
orderSymphypleonaBorner 1901
suborderAppendiciphoraBretfeld 1986
infraorderKatianniformiaBretfeld 1986
superfamilyKatiannoideaBörner 1913
familyKatiannidaeBörner 1913
genusKeratopygos
speciesmegalos

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.

†Keratopygos megalos 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 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Keratopygos megalos (type locality: 122390)