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Cretaceomachilis

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4803733https://www.gbif.org/species/4803733
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)224293https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=224293
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Archaeognatha : Meinertellidae : Cretaceomachilis
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
-Pancrustacea
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
-CercofilataKukalová-Peck 1987
classInsectaLinnaeus 1758
orderArchaeognatha
suborderMachilida
superfamilyMachiloideaGrasse 1888
familyMeinertellidaeVerhoeff 1910
genusCretaceomachilisSturm & Poinar 1998
Scientific NameCretaceomachilis Sturm & Poinar, 1998
Name Published InMitt Mus Natkd Berl Dtsch Entomol Z 45 (1)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Cretaceomachilisgenusbelongs to Meinertellidaestated with evidenceSturm and Poinar, 1998
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance129 - 125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)H. Sturm and G. O. Poinar. 1998. Cretaceomachilis libanensis, the oldest known bristle-tail of the family Meinertellidae (Machiloidea, Archaeognatha, Insecta) from the Lebanese amber. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 45:43-48

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Cretaceomachilis libanensis
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1129 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
129 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Cretaceomachilis longa
species
listed (PBDB)199.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
99.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1998Cretaceomachilis Sturm and Poinar
2018Cretaceomachilis Zhang et al. p. 388

References

Sturm H., Poinar G. O. (1998) Cretaceomachilis libanensis, the oldest known bristle-tail of the family Meinertellidae (Machiloidea, Archaeognatha, Insecta) from the Lebanese amber, Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 45, 43-48
Zhang W. T., Li H., et al (2018) Phylogenetic analyses with four new Cretaceous bristletails reveal inter-relationships of Archaeognatha and Gondwana origin of Meinertellidae, Cladistics 34, 384-406
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Mitt Mus Natkd Berl Dtsch Entomol Z 45 (1) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Sturm & Poinar, 1998 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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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