†Carios jerseyi Klompen and Grimaldi 2001 (soft tick)
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Arachnida - Parasitiformes - Argasidae
Full reference: H. Klompen and D. Grimaldi. 2001. First Mesozoic Record of a Parasitiform Mite: a Larval Argasid Tick in Cretaceous Amber (Acari: Ixodida: Argasidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 94(1):10-15
Belongs to Carios according to H. Klompen and D. Grimaldi 2001
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: AMNH-NJ-8, an exoskeleton (Idiosoma). Its type locality is New Jersey amber, White Oaks Pit (Old Crossman's Clay Pits), which is in a Turonian delta plain amber/lignite in the Raritan Formation of New Jersey.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at New Jersey amber, White Oaks Pit (Old Crossman's Clay Pits)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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