†Cornupalpatum Poinar and Brown 2003 (hard tick)
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Arachnida - Parasitiformes - Ixodidae
Full reference: G. Poinar and A. E. Brown. 2003. A new genus of hard ticks in Cretaceous Burmese amber (Acari: Ixodida: Ixodidae). Systematic Parasitology 54:199-205
Parent taxon: Ixodidae according to E. PeƱalver et al. 2017
See also Dunlop et al. 2013 and Poinar and Brown 2003
Sister taxa: Compluriscutula, Ixodes
Subtaxa: Cornupalpatum burmanicum
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Myanmar (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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