†Centrochthonius bitterfeldicus Schwarze et al. 2022 (pseudoscorpion)
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Arachnida - Pseudoscorpiones - Pseudotyrannochthoniidae
Full reference: D. Schwarze, D. Harms, J. U. Hammel and U. Kotthoff. 2022. The first fossils of the most basal pseudoscorpion family (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones: Pseudotyrannochthoniidae): evidence for major biogeographical shifts in the European paleofauna. PalZ 96:11-27
Belongs to Centrochthonius according to D. Schwarze et al. 2022
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: GZG.BST.23850, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Bitterfeld amber (Kutscher Gottingen collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Germany.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Bitterfeld amber (Kutscher Gottingen collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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