Seven genes and morphology provide explicit but conflicting hypotheses for deep centipede relationships. The conflict is retained rather than presented as a final Chilopoda topology, fossil origin or direct ancestry.
claim:taxon:chilopodaChilopoda
Seven genes and morphology provide explicit but conflicting hypotheses for deep centipede relationships. The conflict is retained rather than presented as a final Chilopoda topology, fossil origin or direct ancestry. This navigation entry is not a phylogeny or a complete taxon dossier.
Represented range418–Present Ma
Content packagecrustaceans-insects
PBDBtxn:205077
Evidence boundary
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Claim ledger
The 418–0 Ma Chilopoda display begins with the oldest catalogued Upper Silurian Crussolum occurrence and is not a centipede origin date.
claim:taxon:chilopoda:fossil-rangeKnown limits
- A missing branch or fossil occurrence does not imply biological absence. Internal nodes are not calibrated divergence estimates.
References
- The Global Fossil Record of ChilopodaCadenas-Amaya, O.; Riquelme, F.; Hernández-Patricio, M.; Cupul-Magaña, F.G. · 2025 · DOI 10.3390/arthropoda4010001
- Open Tree of Life web servicesOpenTreeOfLife Project
- The Paleobiology Database application programming interfacePeters, S.E.; McClennen, M. · 2016 · DOI 10.1017/pab.2015.39
- Conflict between datasets and phylogeny of centipedes: an analysis based on seven genes and morphologyGiribet, G.; Edgecombe, G.D. · 2006 · DOI 10.1098/rspb.2005.3365
- Denormalized occurrence and taxon tables of the Paleobiology DatabaseThe Paleobiology Database Community; Kocsis, Á.T. · 2026 · DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21620933