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Entomobrya kirkbyae

Collembola - Entomobryomorpha - Entomobryidae

Taxonomy
Entomobrya (Entomobrya) kirkbyae was named by Pierce (1960). Its type specimen is Kirkby 5-303, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kirkby site 2, Upper Switchback Canyon, which is in a Hemingfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Barstow Formation of California.

It was recombined as Entomobrya kirkbyae by Sánchez-García and Engel (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Entomobrya (Entomobrya) kirkbyae Pierce p. 40 fig. 1,2
2016Entomobrya kirkbyae Sánchez-García and Engel p. 33

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
EllipuraBörner 1910
classCollembola(Lubbock 1871)
orderEntomobryomorphaBörner 1913
superfamilyEntomobryoideaSchaffer 1896
familyEntomobryidaeSchaffer 1896
subfamilyEntomobryinaeSchaffer 1896
genusEntomobryaRondani 1861
specieskirkbyae()

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.

Entomobrya kirkbyae Pierce 1960
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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: Hemingfordian or 20.43000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (California) Entomobrya kirkbyae (type locality: 152196)