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Purkynia

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Purkynia
Temporal range: Moscovian–Kasimovian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Zosterogrammida
Family: Zosterogrammidae
Genus: Purkynia
Fritsch, 1899
Species:
P. lata
Binomial name
Purkynia lata
Fritsch, 1899

Purkynia is an extinct genus of millipede in the family Zosterogrammidae. There is one described species in Purkynia, P. lata.[1][2][3]

References

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  1. ^ "Purkynia". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  2. ^ "The Paleobiology Database, genus Purkynia". Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  3. ^ Shelley, R. M. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals". University of Tennessee. Retrieved 2019-07-02.