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Acantherpestes inequalis

Myriapoda - Euphoberiida - Euphoberiidae

Taxonomy
Acantherpestes inequalis was named by Scudder (1890). Its type specimen is USNM PAL38042 and is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Mazon Creek, USNM Lacoe Collection, which is in a Westphalian D interdistributary bay mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Acantherpestes inequalis Scudder p. 424 figs. Pl 33, figs 2,4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
classMyriapoda()
—DignathaTiegs 1947
RankNameAuthor
subclassDiplopodaGervais 1844
subclassChilognatha()
infraclassHelminthomorpha(Pocock 1887)
superorderArchipolypoda()
orderEuphoberiida
familyEuphoberiidae()
genusAcantherpestes
speciesinequalis

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.

†Acantherpestes inequalis Scudder 1890
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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: Westphalian D or 309.80000 to 307.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5USA (Illinois) Acantherpestes inequalis (type locality: 21981)