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Anthracodesmus macconochiei

Myriapoda

Taxonomy
Anthracodesmus macconochiei was named by Peach (1899). Its type specimen is BGS 2176 and is an impression. Its type locality is Lennel Braes, River Tweed, Coldstream (BGS collection), which is in a Tournaisian terrestrial shale in the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Anthracodesmus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Anthracodesmus macconochiei Peach p. 121 figs. Pl 3, figs 3,3a
2004Anthracodesmus macconochiei Wilson and Anderson p. 177 figs. 10.4, 10.5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
classMyriapoda()
RankNameAuthor
—DignathaTiegs 1947
subclassDiplopodaGervais 1844
subclassChilognatha()
infraclassHelminthomorpha(Pocock 1887)
superorderArchipolypoda()
genusAnthracodesmus
speciesmacconochiei

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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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: Tournaisian or 358.86000 to 346.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7United Kingdom (Scotland) Anthracodesmus macconochiei (type locality: 127550)