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Cretaceomachilis libanensis

Insecta - Archaeognatha - Meinertellidae

Taxonomy
Cretaceomachilis libanensis was named by Sturm and Poinar (1998). Its type specimen is AUB Milki 194/35, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Lebanese amber (AUB coll), which is in a Barremian terrestrial amber in Lebanon. It is the type species of Cretaceomachilis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Cretaceomachilis libanensis Sturm and Poinar p. 44 figs. 1-11

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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
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
orderArchaeognatha()
suborderMachilida(Grassi 1888)
superfamilyMachiloideaGrasse 1888
familyMeinertellidaeVerhoeff 1910
genusCretaceomachilis
specieslibanensis

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.

†Cretaceomachilis libanensis Sturm and Poinar 1998
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Early/Lower Barremian or 125.77000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Lebanon Cretaceomachilis libanensis (type locality: 124925)