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Cryptops

Myriapoda - Scolopendromorpha - Cryptopidae

Taxonomy
Cryptops was named by Leach (1815). It is extant. It is the type genus of Cryptopidae.

It was assigned to Cryptopidae by Riquelme and Hernández-Patricio (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Cryptops Leach
2018Cryptops Riquelme and Hernández-Patricio p. 644

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
classMyriapoda()
RankNameAuthor
classChilopoda(Latreille 1817)
—Pleurostigmophora
—Phylactrometria
—EpimorphaHaase 1880
orderScolopendromorpha
familyCryptopidaeKohlrausch 1881
genusCryptopsLeach 1815

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.

G. Cryptops Leach 1815
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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: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.03000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Chiapas) C. sp. (198592 198594)