†family Beornidae Cooper 1964 (water bear)

Eutardigrada - Parachela - Beornidae

Full reference: K. W. Cooper. 1964. The first fossil tardigrade: Beorn leggi Cooper, from Cretaceous amber. Psyche 71:41-48

Parent taxon: Parachela according to N. J. Marley et al. 2011

See also Cooper 1964

Sister taxon: Isohypsibioidea

Subtaxa: Beorn

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Type: Beorn

Distribution: found only at Cedar Lake (Legg collection) (Cretaceous of Manitoba)

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