†Mesothelyphonus parvus Cai and Huang 2017 (whip scorpion)
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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
Belongs to Mesothelyphonus according to C. Y. Cai and D. Y. Huang 2017
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NIGP 164039, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection)
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