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Pleurostigmophora

Myriapoda

Taxonomy
Pleurostigmophora is an unranked clade. It is extant.

It was assigned to Chilopoda by Edgecombe and Giribet (2007) and Riquelme and Hernández-Patricio (2018).

Sister taxa
Phylactrometria

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Pleurostigmophora Edgecombe and Giribet
2018Pleurostigmophora Riquelme and Hernández-Patricio p. 644

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
classMyriapoda()
classChilopoda(Latreille 1817)
Pleurostigmophora
Pleurostigmophora

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.

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G. Lithobius Leach 1814
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Lithobius brevicornis Menge 1854
Lithobius longicornis Koch and Berendt 1854
Lithobius maxillosus Koch and Berendt 1854
Lithobius oxylopus Menge 1854
Lithobius planatus Koch and Berendt 1854
Lithobius scaber Menge 1854
Lithobius spinulosus Menge 1854
Lithobius striatus Menge 1854
G. †Lithopendra Haug et al. 2023
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Lithopendra anjafliessae Haug et al. 2023
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Or. †Devonobiomorpha Shear and Bonamo 1988
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Fm. †Devonobiidae Shear and Bonamo 1988
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G. †Devonobius Shear and Bonamo 1988
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Devonobius delta Shear and Bonamo 1988
Unr. Epimorpha Haase 1880
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G. †Buziniphilus Edgecombe et al. 2009
Fm. Geophilidae Leach 1815
G. †Calciphilus Chamberlin 1949
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Calciphilus abboti Chamberlin 1949
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Fm. Cryptopidae Kohlrausch 1881
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G. Cryptops Leach 1815
G. †Mazoscolopendra Mundel 1979
G. †Permocrassacus Khramov et al. 2018
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Permocrassacus novokshonovi Khramov et al. 2018
G. †Permocryptops Khramov et al. 2018
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Permocryptops shelleyi Khramov et al. 2018
Fm. Plutoniumidae Bollman 1893
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G. Theatops Newport 1844
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G. †Cratoraricrus Wilson 2003
G. †Procrytops Piton 1940
G. Scolopendra Linnaeus 1758
Fm. Scolopocryptopidae Pocock 1896
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Subfm. Scolopocryptopinae Pocock 1896
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Givetian to the top of the Pliocene or 387.70000 to 2.58800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 383.7 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Givetian388.1 - 383.7USA (New York) Devonobius delta (28295 153480)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (New York) Devonobius delta (21172 28246)
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5USA (Illinois) Mazoscolopendra richardsoni (112638)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Russian Federation Permocrassacus novokshonovi (102504)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Russian Federation (Vologda) Permocryptops shelleyi (104754)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Swabian Alb) Eogeophilus jurassicus (105835)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Brazil (Ceara) Scolopendromorpha indet. (34899)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Brazil (Ceará) Cratoraricrus oberlii (122557)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Geophilomorpha indet., Lithobiomorpha indet., Scolopendromorpha indet. (184692 196547) Geophilomorpha indet., Scolopendromorpha indet. (144466) Kachinophilus pereirai (111688) Lithopendra anjafliessae (220538)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France Buziniphilus antiquus (123118)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland Lithobius maxillosus, Lithobius planatus, Lithobius longicornis (109625) Lithobius planatus, Lithobius oxylopus, Lithobius spinulosus, Lithobius brevicornis, Lithobius scaber, Lithobius striatus, Geophilus brevicaudatus, Geophilus filiformis, Geophilus crassicornis, Scolopendra proavita (120811)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Theatops groehni (110735)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Chiapas) Cryptops sp. (198592 198594) Geophilomorpha indet. (163578) Polycricus sp. (172774 198595) Scolopocryptops simojovelensis (124928)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588South Africa Scolopendra morsitans (22356)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Arizona) Calciphilus abboti (152091)