| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 2000 |
| Authors: | H. M. Wilson, Shear W. A. |
| Journal: | Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences |
| Volume: | 90 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Pagination: | 351 - 375 |
| ISSN: | 0263-5933 |
| Keywords: | Arthropleuridea, Arthropoda, Diplopoda, morphology, phylogeny |
| Abstract: | Microdecemplex rolfei, gen. and sp. nov., a new microarthropleuridean less than 5 mm long, is described from the Middle Devonian Panther Mountain Formation of New York State, U.S.A. The specimens consist of organically preserved cuticle, with some preserving the only cephalic structures known for arthropleurideans. A new order, Microdecemplicida, and a new family, Microdecemplicidae, are established. The probable phylogenetic position of the Microdecemplicida as one of the basal clades of Diplopoda is proposed. |
| URL: | https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0263593300002674 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/S0263593300002674 |
| Short Title: | Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences |
| Citation Key: | 97 |