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Scolopocryptops simojovelensis

Myriapoda - Scolopendromorpha - Scolopocryptopidae

Taxonomy
Scolopocryptops simojovelensis was named by Edgecombe et al. (2012). Its type specimen is AMNH Ch-SH7 and is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Mexican amber (AMNH Coll), which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in Mexico.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Scolopocryptops simojovelensis Edgecombe et al. p. 773 figs. 1-3
2018Scolopocryptops simojovelensis Riquelme and Hernández-Patricio p. 644

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classMyriapoda()
classChilopoda(Latreille 1817)
RankNameAuthor
—Pleurostigmophora
—Phylactrometria
—EpimorphaHaase 1880
orderScolopendromorpha
familyScolopocryptopidaePocock 1896
subfamilyScolopocryptopinaePocock 1896
genusScolopocryptopsNewport 1845
speciessimojovelensis

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.

†Scolopocryptops simojovelensis Edgecombe et al. 2012
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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: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.04000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Mexico (Chiapas) Scolopocryptops simojovelensis (type locality: 124928)