Cretoperipatus burmiticus Engel and Grimaldi 2002 (velvet worm)

Euonychophora - Peripatidae

Full reference: M. S. Engel and D. A. Grimaldi. 2002. Onychophora taxonomy, in Fossiliferous Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Burma): its rediscovery, biotic diversity, and paleontological significance. American Museum Novitates 3361:1-71

Belongs to Cretoperipatus according to I. d. S. Oliveira et al. 2016

See also Engel and Grimaldi 2002

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: AMNH Bu218, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (AMNH collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Myanmar (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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