†Theatops groehni Edgecombe et al. 2023 (centipede)
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Myriapoda - Scolopendromorpha - Plutoniumidae
Full reference: G. D. Edgecombe, S. E. Strange, G. Popovici, T. West, and V. Vahtera. 2023. An Eocene fossil plutoniumid centipede: a new species of Theatops from Baltic Amber (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 21(2228796)
Belongs to Theatops according to G. D. Edgecombe et al. 2023
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: GPI C. Gröhn 7035, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, GPIH collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, GPIH collection
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