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)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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