Scolopocryptops simojovelensis Edgecombe et al. 2012 (centipede)

Myriapoda - Scolopendromorpha - Scolopocryptopidae

Full reference: G. D. Edgecombe, V. Vahtera, S. R. Stock, A. Kallonen, X. H. Xiao, A. Rack, and G. Giribet. 2012. A scolopocryptopid centipede (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha) from Mexican amber: synchrotron microtomography and phylogenetic placement using a combined morphological and molecular data set. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 166:768-786

Belongs to Scolopocryptops according to F. Riquelme and M. Hernández-Patricio 2018

See also Edgecombe et al. 2012

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: AMNH Ch-SH7. Its type locality is Mexican amber (AMNH Coll), which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in Mexico.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Mexican amber (AMNH Coll)

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