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Scutigerella dominicana

Myriapoda - Scutigerellidae

Taxonomy
Scutigerella dominicana was named by Poinar and Edwards (1995). Its type specimen is Poinar SAY-1-1 and is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Dominican amber (Poinar coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Scutigerella dominicana Poinar and Edwards p. 391 figs. 1-5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
classMyriapoda()
classSymphylaRyder 1880
familyScutigerellidaeBagnall 1913
genusScutigerellaRyder 1882
speciesdominicana

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.

†Scutigerella dominicana Poinar and Edwards 1995
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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: 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
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Scutigerella dominicana (type locality: 122472)