†Palaeoburmesebuthus grimaldii Lourenço 2002 (scorpion)
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Arachnida - Scorpiones - Palaeoburmesebuthidae
Full reference: W. R. Lourenço. 2002. The first scorpion fossil from the Cretaceous amber of Myanmar (Burma). New implications for the phylogeny of Buthoidea. Comptes Rendues Palevol 1:97-101
Belongs to Palaeoburmesebuthus according to J. A. Santiago-Blay et al. 2004
See also Dunlop et al. 2013 and Lourenço 2002
Sister taxon: Palaeoburmesebuthus ohlhoffi
Type specimen: AMNH Bu-710. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (AMNH collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Myanmar (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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