†Trhypochthonius lopezvallei Arillo et al. 2012 (oribatid mite)
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Arachnida - Acariformes - Trhypochthoniidae
Full reference: A. Arillo, L. S. Subías, and U. Shtanchaeva. 2012. A new species of fossil oribatid mite (Acariformes, Oribatida, Trhypochthoniidae) from the Lower Cretaceous amber of San Just (Teruel Province, Spain). Systematic & Applied Acarology 17:106-112
Belongs to Trhypochthonius according to A. Arillo et al. 2012
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: CPT-4161, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is San Just amber, which is in an Albian terrestrial amber in the Escucha Formation of Spain.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at San Just amber
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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