†Paracarus pristinus Dunlop et al. 2004 (arthropod)
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Arachnida - Parasitiformes - Opilioacaridae
Full reference: J. A. Dunlop, J. Wunderlich, and G. O. Poinar. 2004. The first fossil opilioacariform mite (Acari: Opilioacariformes) and the first Baltic amber camel spider (Solifugae). Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences 94:261-273
Belongs to Paracarus according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013
See also Dunlop et al. 2004
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: F1011/BB/AR/CJW. Its type locality is Baltic amber (Wunderlich collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic amber (Wunderlich collection)
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