Mesothelyphonus Cai and Huang 2017 (whip scorpion)

Arachnida - Thelyphonida - Thelyphonidae

Full reference: C. Y. Cai and D. Y. Huang. 2017. A new genus of whip-scorpions in Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber: earliest fossil record of the extant subfamily Thelyphoninae (Arachnida: Thelyphonida: Thelyphonidae). Cretaceous Research 69:100-105

Parent taxon: Thelyphoninae according to C. Y. Cai and D. Y. Huang 2017

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Mesothelyphonus parvus

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Type: Mesothelyphonus parvus

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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