†Cretaceousbuthus petersi Lourenço 2023 (scorpion)
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Arachnida - Scorpiones - Buthidae
Full reference: W. R. Lourenço. 2023. Taxonomic names, in Confirmation of the validity of the genus Cretaceousbuthus Lourenço, 2022 and description of a new species from Burmite (Scorpiones: Buthoidea: Buthidae). Faunitaxys 11(35):1-6
Belongs to Cretaceousbuthus according to W. R. Lourenço 2023
Sister taxon: Cretaceousbuthus fraaijeorum
Type specimen: Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Peters collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Peters collection)
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