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Arthropleura armata

Myriapoda - Arthropleurida - Arthropleuridae

Taxonomy
Arthropleura armata was named by Jordan (1854). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Mus. f. Naturk. Berlin, K 13-14. Its type locality is Friedrichstal railway cut, which is in a Westphalian terrestrial horizon in Germany. It is the type species of Arthropleura.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Arthropleura armata Jordan p. 13 figs. Pl 2, figs 4,5
1855Halonia irregularis Geinitz p. 38 figs. Pl 4, fig 5
1873Arthropleura armata Goldenberg p. 21 figs. Pl 1, fig 2
1873Arthropleura affinis Goldenberg p. 22 figs. Pl 1, fig 12; pl 3
1883Arthropleura armata Kliver p. 262 figs. Pl 36, fig 2
1893Arthropleura zeilleri Boule p. 637 figs. Pl 55; text-fig 3
1919Arthropleura armata Pruvost p. 76 figs. Pl 25, figs 7-9; text-fig 19
1934Arthropleura armata Guthörl p. 179 figs. Pl. 24, Fig. 2
1997Arthropleura armata Castro p. 20 figs. Pl 1, fig 3
1998Arthropleura armata Proctor p. 94 fig. 1,2
2008Arthropleura armata Štamberg and Zajíc p. 81 fig. 72
2021Arthropleura armata Pillola and Zoboli p. 51 fig. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
classMyriapoda()
RankNameAuthor
—DignathaTiegs 1947
subclassDiplopodaGervais 1844
subclassArthropleurideaWaterlot 1934
orderArthropleuridaWaterlot 1934
familyArthropleuridaeScudder 1885
genusArthropleura
speciesarmata

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.

†Arthropleura armata Jordan 1854
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Invalid names: Arthropleura affinis Goldenberg 1873 [synonym], Arthropleura zeilleri Boule 1893 [synonym], Halonia irregularis Geinitz 1855 [synonym]
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: base of the Westphalian A to the top of the Stephanian B or 318.70000 to 301.00000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais) Arthropleura armata (155425)
Westphalian318.7 - 307.5Germany Arthropleura armata (137875)
Westphalian318.7 - 307.5Germany (Saarbrücken) Arthropleura armata (type locality: 124243)
Westphalian C314.6 - 309.8Germany Arthropleura affinis (138349) Arthropleura armata (137874 138002 138345 138350 138354 138362 138364 138365)
Westphalian C314.6 - 309.8Germany (Saarland) Arthropleura armata (122601 123956 124244)
Westphalian C - Westphalian D314.6 - 307.5Germany Arthropleura armata (123825)
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5Germany Halonia irregularis (169136)
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5United Kingdom (Somerset) Arthropleura armata (153596)
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5Germany (Saarland) Arthropleura armata (132751)
Stephanian307.5 - 300.4France Arthropleura zeilleri (233867)
Stephanian307.5 - 300.4Italy (Sardinia) Arthropleura armata (153483)
Stephanian B301.5 - 301.0Spain Arthropleura armata (169144)