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Rhyniella praecursor

Collembola - Entomobryomorpha - Isotomidae

Taxonomy
Rhyniella praecursor was named by Hirst and Maulik (1926). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rhynie cherts (BMNH collection), which is in a Pragian pond chert in the Dryden Flags Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Rhyniella.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Rhyniella praecursor Hirst and Maulik
1928Rhyniella praecursor Tillyard p. 69 figs. 1, 2
1940Rhyniella praecursor Scourfield p. 799 figs. 1-4
1953Rhyniella praecursor Laurentiaux p. 413 fig. 6
1981Rhyniella praecursor Whalley and Jarzembowski p. 317 fig. 1
2016Rhyniella praecursor Sánchez-García and Engel p. 31

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
RankNameAuthor
superclassAllotriocarida
Athalassocarida
LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
EllipuraBörner 1910
classCollembola(Lubbock 1871)
orderEntomobryomorphaBörner 1913
superfamilyIsotomoideaSchaffer 1896
familyIsotomidaeSchaffer 1896
genusRhyniella
speciespraecursor

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.

Rhyniella praecursor Hirst and Maulik 1926
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitino
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:34
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:34
Source: o = order, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Pragian or 413.02000 to 410.62000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pragian413.02 - 410.62United Kingdom (Scotland) Rhyniella praecursor (164613 type locality: 172777)