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Polyxenidae

Myriapoda - Polyxenida - Polyxenidae

Taxonomy
Polyxenidae was named by Lucas (1840). It is extant.

It was assigned to Polyxenoidea by Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin and Azar (2004); and to Polyxenida by Hoffman (1969), Wesener and Moritz (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Polyxenidae Lucas
1969Polyxenidae Hoffman p. 583
2004Polyxenidae Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin and Azar
2018Polyxenidae Wesener and Moritz p. 1132

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classMyriapoda()
RankNameAuthor
—DignathaTiegs 1947
subclassDiplopodaGervais 1844
subclassPenicillataLatreille 1825
orderPolyxenidaLucas 1840
superfamilyPolyxenoideaLucas 1840
familyPolyxenidaeLucas 1840
familyPolyxenidaeLucas 1840

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.

Fm. Polyxenidae Lucas 1840
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G. †Electroxenus Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin and Azar 2004
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†Electroxenus jezzinensis Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin and Azar 2004
G. †Libanoxenus Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin and Azar 2004
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†Libanoxenus hammanaensis Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin and Azar 2004
G. Pauropsxenus Silvestri 1948
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†Pauropsxenus extraneus Su et al. 2020
†Pauropsxenus ordinatus Su et al. 2020
G. Polyxenus Latreille 1802
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†Polyxenus caudatus Menge 1854
†Polyxenus colurus Menge 1854
†Polyxenus conformis Koch and Berendt 1854
†Polyxenus lophurus Menge 1854
†Polyxenus miocenica Srivastava et al. 2006
†Polyxenus ovalis Koch and Berendt 1854
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 Early/Lower Barremian to the top of the Burdigalian or 125.77000 to 15.98000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 121.4 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Lebanon Electroxenus jezzinensis (123000) Libanoxenus hammanaensis (122471) Polyxenidae indet. (235379)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar Pauropsxenus ordinatus, Pauropsxenus extraneus (161726) Polyxenidae indet. (144466 184692)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Poland Polyxenus colurus, Polyxenus lophurus, Polyxenus caudatus (120811) Polyxenus conformis, Polyxenus ovalis (109625)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98India (Kerala) Polyxenus miocenica (184505)