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Myriapoda
Taxonomy
Myriapoda was named by Latreille (1802). It is extant.
It was reranked as the order Myriapoda by Scudder (1882); it was reranked as the class Myriapoda by Sepkoski (2002); it was reranked as the class Myriapoda by Štamberg and Zajíc (2008); it was reranked as the unranked clade Myriapoda by Martens et al. (2005) and Nielsen (2012).
It was assigned to Insecta by Latreille (1802); to Arthropoda by Scudder (1882), Sepkoski (2002), Martens et al. (2005) and Štamberg and Zajíc (2008); and to Mandibulata by Nielsen (2012).
It was reranked as the order Myriapoda by Scudder (1882); it was reranked as the class Myriapoda by Sepkoski (2002); it was reranked as the class Myriapoda by Štamberg and Zajíc (2008); it was reranked as the unranked clade Myriapoda by Martens et al. (2005) and Nielsen (2012).
It was assigned to Insecta by Latreille (1802); to Arthropoda by Scudder (1882), Sepkoski (2002), Martens et al. (2005) and Štamberg and Zajíc (2008); and to Mandibulata by Nielsen (2012).
Subtaxa
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1802 | Myriapoda Latreille p. 43 |
| 1882 | Myriapoda Scudder p. 150 |
| 1890 | Gerascutigeridae Scudder p. 418 |
| 1890 | Eoscolopendridae Scudder p. 419 |
| 1986 | Tiphoscorpionoidea Kjellesvig-Waering p. 126 |
| 2002 | Myriapoda Sepkoski |
| 2005 | Myriapoda Martens et al. |
| 2008 | Myriapoda Štamberg and Zajíc p. 71 |
| 2012 | Myriapoda Nielsen p. 244 figs. Fig. 44.2 |
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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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available