Paracharonopsis Engel and Grimaldi 2014 (whip spider)

Arachnida - Amblypygi

Full reference: M. S. Engel and D. A. Grimaldi. 2014. Whipspiders (Arachnida: Amblypygi) in amber from the early Eocene and mid-Cretaceous, including maternal care. Novitates Paleoentomologicae 9:1-17

Parent taxon: Euamblypygi according to L. Prendini 2025

See also Engel and Grimaldi 2014 and Garwood et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Sorellophrynus, Unidistitarsata

Subtaxa: Paracharonopsis cambayensis

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Type: Paracharonopsis cambayensis

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Cambay amber, Tadkeshwar lignite mine (AMNH/BSIPL collection) (Eocene of India)

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