Rhyniella praecursor

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Rhyniella praecursor

extinct insect species

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Evolution and paleontology
…the oldest fossil collembolan species, Rhyniella praecursor (family Neanuridae), is found in the Rhynie chert of the Early Devonian (approximately 419 million to 393 million years ago) sandstone of Scotland. Other species known from the Baltic amber include one campodeid dipluran. The extinct order Monura includes two species, Dasyleptus lucasi…
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…the oldest fossil collembolan species, Rhyniella praecursor (family Neanuridae), is found in the Rhynie chert of the Early Devonian (approximately 419 million to 393 million years ago) sandstone of Scotland. Other species known from the Baltic amber include one campodeid dipluran. The extinct order Monura includes two species, Dasyleptus lucasi…
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