Reassessed morphology and modern imaging recover a sampled phylogeny for major millipede lineages. The topology does not itself delimit the fossil range, origin or global first appearance of Diplopoda.
claim:taxon:diplopodaDiplopoda
Reassessed morphology and modern imaging recover a sampled phylogeny for major millipede lineages. The topology does not itself delimit the fossil range, origin or global first appearance of Diplopoda. This navigation entry is not a phylogeny or a complete taxon dossier.
Represented range425.5–Present Ma
Content packagecrustaceans-insects
PBDBNot linked
Evidence boundary
Automated checks cover structure, identifiers, translations and links only; maintainer and external expert review are not complete.
Claim ledger
The Diplopoda display uses the 425.5 ± 4.5 Ma Kampecaris age with uncertainty stored separately and does not inflate the error margin into a hard 430 Ma edge.
claim:taxon:diplopoda:fossil-rangeKnown limits
- A missing branch or fossil occurrence does not imply biological absence. Internal nodes are not calibrated divergence estimates.
- PBDB external identifier withheld: accepted-rank-mismatch.
References
- Reconciling Divergent Ages for the Oldest Recorded Air-Breathing Land AnimalBrookfield, M.E.; Catlos, E.J.; Garza, H. · 2025 · DOI 10.3390/fossils3020006
- The Silurian-Devonian fossil record of the MyriapodaAlmond, J.E.; Lawson, J.D. · 1985 · DOI 10.1098/rstb.1985.0082
- Open Tree of Life web servicesOpenTreeOfLife Project
- The Paleobiology Database application programming interfacePeters, S.E.; McClennen, M. · 2016 · DOI 10.1017/pab.2015.39
- Revival of forgotten characters and modern imaging techniques help to produce a robust phylogeny of the Diplopoda (Arthropoda, Myriapoda)Blanke, A.; Wesener, T. · 2014 · DOI 10.1016/j.asd.2013.10.003