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Onychojapyx schmidti

Diplura

Taxonomy
Onychojapyx schmidti was named by Pierce (1950). Its type specimen is LACM Fossil Insect BQ2, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bonner quarry, Onyx Marble, which is in a Pliocene cave travertine in the Onyx Marble Formation of Arizona. It is the type species of Onychojapyx.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1950Onychojapyx schmidti Pierce p. 104 figs. Pl 34, fig 2
1983Onychojapyx schmidti Reddell p. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
orderDiplura
superfamilyJapygoideaHaliday 1864
genusOnychojapyx
speciesschmidti

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.

†Onychojapyx schmidti Pierce 1950
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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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: Pliocene or 5.33300 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Arizona) Onychojapyx schmidti (type locality: 152091)