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Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)310815https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=310815
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Collembola : Entomobryomorpha : Isotomidae : Rhyniella : Rhyniella praecursor
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
-Pancrustacea
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
-EllipuraBörner 1910
classCollembola
orderEntomobryomorphaBörner 1913
superfamilyIsotomoideaSchaffer 1896
familyIsotomidaeSchaffer 1896
genusRhyniellaHirst and Maulik 1926
speciesRhyniella praecursorHirst and Maulik 1926
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Rhyniella praecursorspeciesbelongs to Rhyniellastated with evidenceHirst and Maulik, 1926
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance411 - 408 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Last Recorded Appearance411 - 393 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Environmentterrestrial (based on Collembola)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (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

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1926Rhyniella praecursor Hirst and Maulik
1928Rhyniella praecursor Tillyard p. 69 figs. 1, 2
1940Rhyniella praecursor Scourfield p. 799 figs. 1-4
1953Rhyniella praecursor Laurentiaux p. 413 fig. 6
1981Rhyniella praecursor Whalley and Jarzembowski p. 317 fig. 1
2016Rhyniella praecursor Sánchez-García and Engel p. 31

References

Hirst S., Maulik S. (1926) On some arthropod remains from the Rhynie Chert (Old Red Sandstone), Geological Magazine 63, 69-71
Tillyard R. J. (1928) Some remarks on the Devonian fossil insects from the Rhynie chert beds, Old Red Sandstone, Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 76, 65-71
Laurentiaux D. (1953) Classe des Insectes (Insecta Linné 1758), Traité de Paléontologie, Tome III, 397-527
Whalley P., Jarzembowski E. A. (1981) A new assessment of Rhyniella, the earliest known insect, from the Devonian of Rhynie, Scotland, Nature 291, 317
Sánchez-García A., Engel M. S. (2016) Springtails from the Early Cretaceous amber of Spain (Collembola: Entomobryomorpha), with an annotated checklist of fossil Collembola, American Museum Novitates 3862, 1-47
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!
 
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