Gigamachilis
| Gigamachilis Temporal range: Late Ladinian, | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Archaeognatha |
| Family: | Machilidae |
| Genus: | †Gigamachilis Montagna, Haug, Strada, Haug, Felber & Tintori, 2017 |
| Species: | †G. triassicus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Gigamachilis triassicus Montagna, Haug, Strada, Haug, Felber & Tintori, 2017 | |
Gigamachilis is an extinct genus of jumping bristletails in the family Machilidae. The genus consists of a single species, Gigamachilis triassicus, from the Middle Triassic (Ladinian) aged Meride Limestone of Monte San Giorgio, northern Italy. The species is the largest archaeognath known to have ever existed, reaching a total length of approximately 8 centimetres (3.1 in).[1]
References
[edit]- ↑ Montagna, Matteo; Haug, Joachim T.; Strada, Laura; Haug, Carolin; Felber, Markus; Tintori, Andrea (2017-04-07). "Central nervous system and muscular bundles preserved in a 240 million year old giant bristletail (Archaeognatha: Machilidae)". Scientific Reports. 7 (1) 46016. doi:10.1038/srep46016. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 5384076. PMID 28387236.