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Microdecemplicida, a new order of minute arthropleurideans (Arthropoda: Myriapoda) from the Devonian of New York State, U.S.A.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2011

Heather M. Wilson  and
William A. Shear
Heather M. Wilson
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.
William A. Shear
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Hampden-Sydney College, Hampden-Sydney, Virginia 23943, U.S.A.
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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.

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ArthropleurideaArthropodaDiplopodamorphologyphylogeny
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Research Article
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Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 90 , Issue 4 , 1999 , pp. 351 - 375
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1999

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