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Geophilomorpha

Myriapoda - Geophilomorpha

Taxonomy
Geophilomorpha is an order. It is extant.

It was corrected as Geophilida by Hoffman (1969).

It was assigned to Epimorpha by Hoffman (1969); to Epimorpha by Edgecombe and Giribet (2007); and to Pleurostigmophora by Riquelme and Hernández-Patricio (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Geophilida Hoffman p. 603
2007Geophilomorpha Edgecombe and Giribet
2018Geophilomorpha Riquelme and Hernández-Patricio p. 644

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
classMyriapoda()
classChilopoda(Latreille 1817)
—Pleurostigmophora
—Phylactrometria
—EpimorphaHaase 1880
orderGeophilomorpha
orderGeophilomorpha

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.

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G. †Buziniphilus Edgecombe et al. 2009
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†Buziniphilus antiquus Edgecombe et al. 2009
Fm. Geophilidae Leach 1815
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G. †Eogeophilus Schweigert and Dietl 1997
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†Eogeophilus jurassicus Schweigert and Dietl 1997
G. Geophilus Leach 1814
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†Geophilus crassicornis Menge 1854
†Geophilus filiformis Menge 1854
G. †Kachinophilus Bonato et al. 2014
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†Kachinophilus pereirai Bonato et al. 2014
G. Polycricus Saussure and Humbert 1872
G. †Calciphilus Chamberlin 1949
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†Calciphilus abboti Chamberlin 1949
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian to the top of the Pliocene or 155.70000 to 2.58800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 150.8 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Swabian Alb) Eogeophilus jurassicus (105835)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Geophilomorpha indet. (144466 184692 196547) Kachinophilus pereirai (111688)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France Buziniphilus antiquus (123118)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland Geophilus brevicaudatus, Geophilus filiformis, Geophilus crassicornis (120811)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Chiapas) Geophilomorpha indet. (163578) Polycricus sp. (172774 198595)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Arizona) Calciphilus abboti (152091)