Protura
order of hexapods
The Protura are an order of hexapod animals. They are sometimes called coneheads
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| Acerentomon doderoi | |
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| Order: | Protura
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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.
