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Pulex
Taxonomy
Pulex was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.
It was assigned to Insecta by Geoffroy (1762); to Pedestria by Scopoli (1763); to Ryngota by Fabricius (1775); to Aptera by Linnaeus (1758), Linnaeus (1761), Müller (1764), Schaeffer (1766), Linnaeus (1767) and Müller (1776); and to Pulicidae by Lewis and Grimaldi (1997).
It was assigned to Insecta by Geoffroy (1762); to Pedestria by Scopoli (1763); to Ryngota by Fabricius (1775); to Aptera by Linnaeus (1758), Linnaeus (1761), Müller (1764), Schaeffer (1766), Linnaeus (1767) and Müller (1776); and to Pulicidae by Lewis and Grimaldi (1997).
Species
Synonymy list
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Langhian or 20.44000 to 13.82000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Burdigalian - Langhian | Dominican Republic | P. larimerius (122982) |