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Collembola
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| Rank | class (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Collembola | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Common Name | springtail | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 183 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 102 (56%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 411 - 408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | terrestrial (based on Collembola) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Arthropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | chitin (based on Collembola) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | S. Hirst and S. Maulik. 1926. On some arthropod remains from the Rhynie Chert (Old Red Sandstone). Geological Magazine 63:69-71 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Entomobryomorpha order | listed (PBDB) | 124 | 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 0 Ma Extant | |
 Poduromorphaorder | listed (PBDB) | 14 | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
 Symphypleonaorder | listed (PBDB) | 35 | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Paidium genus | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 38.0 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Schaefferia genus | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1871 | Collembola Lubbock fig. 295 |
| 1907 | Orchesella concolor von Olfers p. 21 fig. 44 |
| 1907 | Polystylus von Olfers p. 24 |
| 1907 | Polystylus quinquecaudatus von Olfers p. 24 fig. 60 |
| 1907 | Isotoma acuticauda von Olfers p. 25 fig. 64 |
| 1907 | Isotoma falcicaudata von Olfers p. 25 fig. 66 |
| 1907 | Isotoma hirta von Olfers p. 26 fig. 67 |
| 1907 | Lipura longipes von Olfers p. 26 fig. 70 |
| 1907 | Triaenura von Olfers p. 26 |
| 1907 | Triaenura cornuta von Olfers p. 26 fig. 68 |
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1907 | Achorutes latidens von Olfers p. 27 fig. 72 |
| 1907 | Anoura stricta von Olfers p. 28 fig. 78 |
| 1907 | Xenylla constricta von Olfers p. 28 fig. 80 |
| 1907 | Xenylla inermis von Olfers p. 28 fig. 81 |
| 1907 | Papirius brevicaudatus von Olfers p. 30 fig. 90 |
| 1907 | Papirius verrucosus von Olfers p. 30 fig. 89 |
| 1926 | Collembola Hirst and Maulik |
| 2006 | Collembola Christiansen and Nascimbene |
| 2014 | Collembola Misof et al. |
| 2016 | Collembola Sánchez-García and Engel |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
