Protura
The Protura are an order of hexapod animals. They are sometimes called coneheads
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Acerentomon doderoi | |
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They were once thought to be insects, and sometimes treated as a class in their own right.
There is some evidence that the Protura are basal to all other hexapods, although the hexapods may be polyphyletic.
Protura Media
Proturan found in Durham, United States