†Beorn leggi Cooper 1964 (water bear)
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Eutardigrada - Parachela - Hypsibiidae
Full reference: K. W. Cooper. 1964. The first fossil tardigrade: Beorn leggi Cooper, from Cretaceous amber. Psyche 71:41-48
Belongs to Beorn according to M. A. Mapalo et al. 2024
See also Cooper 1964
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MCZ 5213. Its type locality is Cedar Lake (Legg collection), which is in a Campanian terrestrial amber in Canada.
Distribution: found only at Cedar Lake (Legg collection)
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