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Plioprojapyx primitivus

Diplura - Projapygidae

Taxonomy
Plioprojapyx primitivus was named by Pierce (1951). Its type specimen is LACM fossil insect BQ29 and 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 Plioprojapyx.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Plioprojapyx primitivus Pierce p. 48 fig. 16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
orderDiplura
superfamilyProjapygoidea
familyProjapygidae
genusPlioprojapyx
speciesprimitivus

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.

†Plioprojapyx primitivus Pierce 1951
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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) Plioprojapyx primitivus (type locality: 152091)