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Latzelia primordialis

Myriapoda - Scutigeromorpha

Taxonomy
Latzelia primordialis was named by Scudder (1890). Its type specimen is USNM PAL38003, an exoskeleton, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Mazon Creek, USNM Lacoe Collection, which is in a Westphalian D interdistributary bay mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Latzelia primordialis Scudder p. 419 figs. Pl 38, fig 3
1907Latzelia primordialis Fritsch p. 13 figs. Pl 7, figs 1,2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
classMyriapoda()
classChilopoda(Latreille 1817)
—Notostigmophora
orderScutigeromorpha
genusLatzelia
speciesprimordialis

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.

†Latzelia primordialis Scudder 1890
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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: Westphalian D or 309.80000 to 307.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5USA (Illinois) Latzelia primordialis (type locality: 21981)