Mesozomus Müller et al. 2019 (short-tailed whip-scorpion)

Arachnida - Thelyphonida - Hubbardiidae

Full reference: S. P. Müller, J. A. Dunlop, U. Kotthoff, J. U. Hammel, and D. Harms. 2019. The oldest short-tailed whipscorpion (Schizomida): A new genus and species from the Upper Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar. Cretaceous Research 106(104227)

Parent taxon: Hubbardiidae according to L. Prendini 2025

See also De Francesco Magnussen et al. 2022 and Müller et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Annazomus, Calcoschizomus, Cretaceozomus, Groehnizomus, Hubbardiinae, Mayazomus, Muellerizomus, Stenochrus

Subtaxa: Mesozomus groehni

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Type: Mesozomus groehni

Ecology:

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

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