†Paracharonopsis cambayensis Engel and Grimaldi 2014 (whip spider)
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Arachnida - Amblypygi - Paracharontidae
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
Belongs to Paracharonopsis according to M. S. Engel and D. A. Grimaldi 2014
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: AMNH Tad 456, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Cambay amber, Tadkeshwar lignite mine (AMNH/BSIPL collection), which is in a Ypresian terrestrial amber in India.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Cambay amber, Tadkeshwar lignite mine (AMNH/BSIPL collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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