Biology:Monura
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Short description: Extinct suborder of insects
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| Dasyleptus sp. fossil | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Archaeognatha |
| Suborder: | †Monura Sharov 1957 stat. nov. Carpenter 1992 |
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Monura is an extinct suborder of wingless insects in the order Archaeognatha. They resembled their modern relatives, the silverfish, and had a single lengthy filament projecting from the end of the abdomen. They also had a pair of leg-like cerci and some non-ambulatory abdominal appendages. The largest specimens reached 30 millimetres (1.2 in) or more, not counting the length of the filament.[1]
Taxonomy
- Suborder †Monura Sharov 1957 stat. nov. Carpenter 1992[2]
- Family †Dasyleptidae Sharov 1957
- Genus †Tonganoxichnus Mángano et al. 1997 (ichnotaxon)
- Genus †Dasyleptus Brongniart 1885
- Family †Dasyleptidae Sharov 1957
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hoell, H.V.; Doyen, J.T.; Purcell, A.H. (1998). Introduction to Insect Biology and Diversity (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 321. ISBN 0-19-510033-6.
- ↑ "Suborder †Monura Sharov 1957". The Paleobiology Database. https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=193852&is_real_user=1.
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Wikidata ☰ Q145923 entry
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