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Docodesmus brodzinskyi

Myriapoda - Polydesmida - Pyrgodesmidae

Taxonomy
Docodesmus brodzinskyi was named by Shear (1981). It is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Dominican amber (USNM Brodzinsky Lopez-Pena coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Docodesmus brodzinskyi Shear p. 53 fig. 1,2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
classMyriapoda()
DignathaTiegs 1947
subclassDiplopodaGervais 1844
RankNameAuthor
subclassChilognatha()
infraclassHelminthomorpha(Pocock 1887)
EugnathaAttems 1898
superorderMerochaetaCook 1895
orderPolydesmidaPocock 1887
suborderPolydesmideaPocock 1887
superfamilyPyrgodesmoideaSilvestri 1896
familyPyrgodesmidaeSilvestri 1896
genusDocodesmusCook 1896
speciesbrodzinskyi

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.

Docodesmus brodzinskyi Shear 1981
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Diagnosis
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