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Polyxenus miocenica Srivasta, Shukla, Kumar, Kumar & Prakash, 2006 †
944382 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:944382)
uncertain (Diplopoda incertae sedis)
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fossil only
Srivastava, G. P.; Shukla, M.; Kumar, P.; Kumar, M.; Prakash, A. (2006). Record of pillbug (Armadillidium) and millipede (Polyxenus) remains from the resin lumps of Warkalli formation (Upper Tertiary), Kerala coast. Journal of the Geological Society of India, 67(6): 715-719
page(s): 717 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 717 [details] Available for editors
Type locality contained in Kerala
type locality contained in Kerala [details]
Taxonomic remark The authors Srivastava et al. 2016 confused genus Polydesmus and Polyxenus. In the publication with first description they...
Taxonomic remark The authors Srivastava et al. 2016 confused genus Polydesmus and Polyxenus. In the publication with first description they even refer to genus Polydesmus in their discussion but then name the new fossil species as Polyxenus miocenica. This is a mistake and the specimen doesn't belong to Penicillata/Polyxenida/Polyxenus. [details]
Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Polyxenus miocenica Srivasta, Shukla, Kumar, Kumar & Prakash, 2006 †. Accessed at: https://www.millibase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=944382 on 2025-09-11
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Srivastava, G. P.; Shukla, M.; Kumar, P.; Kumar, M.; Prakash, A. (2006). Record of pillbug (Armadillidium) and millipede (Polyxenus) remains from the resin lumps of Warkalli formation (Upper Tertiary), Kerala coast. Journal of the Geological Society of India, 67(6): 715-719
page(s): 717 [details] Available for editors
status source Short, M.; Le Cadre, J. (2025). Misidentification of a fossil Diplopoda. <em>Schubartiana.</em> 12: 1-2., available online at https://schubartiana.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Short-2025-Misidentification-of-a-fossil-Diplopoda.pdf
page(s): 1-2; note: Diplopoda incertae sedis. The diagnosis and description given are inadequate, but it is possible that the specimen is in the class Chilognatha (Diplopoda). Diplopoda are rare from the Warkalli Formati...
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page(s): 717 [details] Available for editors
status source Short, M.; Le Cadre, J. (2025). Misidentification of a fossil Diplopoda. <em>Schubartiana.</em> 12: 1-2., available online at https://schubartiana.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Short-2025-Misidentification-of-a-fossil-Diplopoda.pdf
page(s): 1-2; note: Diplopoda incertae sedis. The diagnosis and description given are inadequate, but it is possible that the specimen is in the class Chilognatha (Diplopoda). Diplopoda are rare from the Warkalli Formati...
Diplopoda incertae sedis. The diagnosis and description given are inadequate, but it is possible that the specimen is in the class Chilognatha (Diplopoda). Diplopoda are rare from the Warkalli Formation (Kerala Coast, India), as the deposit only yielded this single representative; so it is all the more important that it be correctly identified. Until now, the low number of reported Polyxenidae, and Polyxenus from the Miocene, predominantly found in Chiapas and Dominican ambers (e.g., Dominican amber biota; POINAR & POINAR 1999) made Polyxenus miocenica one of the youngest published species from the Miocene. As this taxonomic description has been published, it now creates confusion, leading to erroneous statements (ALVAREZ-RODRIGUEZ et al. 2024; WANG et al. 2025). We recommend that the fossil immediately be reclassified as Diplopoda incertae sedis with a re-examination to more correctly determine its taxonomy.
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Taxonomic remark The authors Srivastava et al. 2016 confused genus Polydesmus and Polyxenus. In the publication with first description they even refer to genus Polydesmus in their discussion but then name the new fossil species as Polyxenus miocenica. This is a mistake and the specimen doesn't belong to Penicillata/Polyxenida/Polyxenus. [details]
