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Woodesmus sheari

Myriapoda - Woodesmidae

Taxonomy
Woodesmus sheari was named by Ross et al. (2018). Its type specimen is NMS G.2012.39.10 and is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Willie’s Hole, bed 1, which is in a Tournaisian pond siltstone in the Ballagan Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Woodesmus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2018Woodesmus sheari Ross et al. p. 102 fig. 6,7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
classMyriapoda()
RankNameAuthor
—DignathaTiegs 1947
subclassDiplopodaGervais 1844
subclassChilognatha()
infraclassHelminthomorpha(Pocock 1887)
superorderArchipolypoda()
familyWoodesmidae
genusWoodesmus
speciessheari

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.

†Woodesmus sheari Ross et al. 2018
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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: Tournaisian or 358.90000 to 346.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7United Kingdom (Scotland) Woodesmus sheari (type locality: 183472 195790)