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Merochaeta

Myriapoda

Taxonomy
Merochaeta was named by Cook (1895). It is extant.

It was assigned to Eugnatha by Shear and Edgecombe (2010), Riquelme and Hernández-Patricio (2018).

Subtaxa
Polydesmida

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Merochaeta Cook
2010Merochaeta Shear and Edgecombe p. 181
2018Merochaeta Riquelme and Hernández-Patricio p. 640

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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)
—EugnathaAttems 1898
superorderMerochaetaCook 1895
superorderMerochaetaCook 1895

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.

Superor. Merochaeta Cook 1895
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Or. Polydesmida Pocock 1887
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Subor. Leptodesmidea Brolemann 1916
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Superfm. Chelodesmoidea Cook 1895
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Fm. Chelodesmidae Cook 1895
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G. Caraibodesmus Chamberlin 1918
G. Chondrotropis Loomis 1936
G. †Maatidesmus Riquelme and Hernández-Patricio 2014
Superfm. Platyrhacoidea Pocock 1895
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Fm. Platyrhacidae Pocock 1895
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G. †Anbarrhacus Riquelme and Hernández-Patricio 2014
Superfm. Xystodesmoidea Cook 1895
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Invalid names: Xystodesmidae Cook 1895 [empty]
Fm. Polydesmidae Leach 1815
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G. Polydesmus Latreille 1802
G. Propolydesmus Verhoeff 1895
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†Propolydesmus cretaceus Su et al. 2023
Subor. Polydesmidea Pocock 1887
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G. Dasyodontus Loomis 1936
G. Inodesmus Cook 1896
Superfm. Pyrgodesmoidea Silvestri 1896
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Fm. Pyrgodesmidae Silvestri 1896
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G. Docodesmus Cook 1896
G. Iomus Cook 1911
G. Lophodesmus Pocock 1894
G. Myrmecodesmus Silvestri 1910
G. Psochodesmus Cook 1896
Superfm. Trichopolydesmoidea Verhoeff 1910
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Fm. Trichopolydesmidae Verhoeff 1910
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G. Monstrodesmus Golovatch et al. 2014
Fm. Sphaeriodesmidae Humbert and de Saussure 1869
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G. Cyclodesmus Humbert and de Saussure 1869
Invalid names: Chelodesmidea Cook 1895 [empty], Chytodesmidae Cook 1896 [empty]
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 Cenomanian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 100.50000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.9 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar Monstrodesmus grimaldii, Propolydesmus cretaceus (161726) Polydesmida indet. (144466 184444 184692 196547)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Mexico (Chiapas) Anbarrhacus adamantis (217222) Maatidesmus paachtun (217221) Myrmecodesmus sp. (217216) Polydesmida indet. (198592 198593 217215) Polydesmida indet., Platyrhacidae indet., Xystodesmidae indet. (217220) Polydesmida indet., Xystodesmidae indet. (172774)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Dominican Republic Chelodesmidae indet., Docodesmus sp., Iomus sp., Psochodesmus sp., Dasyodontus sp., Inodesmus sp. (122472) Docodesmus brodzinskyi (122473) Docodesmus sp., Lophodesmus sp., Inodesmus sp. (159268)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica Chondrotropis sp., Cyclodesmus porcellanus, Caraibodesmus verrucosus (224573)