Monura

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]

For a synonym of a genus of rotifers, see Colurella.

Monura
Temporal range:
Dasyleptus sp. fossil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Archaeognatha
Suborder: †Monura
Sharov 1957 stat. nov. Carpenter 1992
Families

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Taxonomy
  • Suborder †Monura Sharov 1957 stat. nov. Carpenter 1992[2]

References
  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.
  2. "Suborder †Monura Sharov 1957". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 26 November 2020.


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