Betaburmesebuthus bellus Lourenço 2016 (scorpion)

Arachnida - Scorpiones - Palaeoburmesebuthidae

Full reference: W. R. Lourenço. 2016. A preliminary synopsis on amber scorpions with special reference to Burmite species: an extraordinary development of our knowledge in only 20 years. ZooKeys 600:75-87

Belongs to Betaburmesebuthus according to Q. Xuan et al. 2023

See also Lourenço 2016

Sister taxa: Betaburmesebuthus fleissneri, Betaburmesebuthus fuscus, Betaburmesebuthus joergi, Betaburmesebuthus knodelorum, Betaburmesebuthus kobberti, Betaburmesebuthus larafleissnerae, Betaburmesebuthus muelleri, Betaburmesebuthus pohli, Betaburmesebuthus spinipedis, Betaburmesebuthus villosus

Type specimen: GPIH 4586, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (GPIH coll), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Myanmar (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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