Crethypoctonus Zhou et al. 2023 (whip scorpion)

Arachnida - Thelyphonida - Thelyphonidae

Full reference: L. J. Zhou, H. Wang, E. A. Jarzembowski and C. T. Xiao. 2023. A new genus of whip scorpion (Arachnida: Thelyphonida: Thelyphonidae) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber of northern Myanmar. Cretaceous Research 153(105702)

Parent taxon: Thelyphonidae according to L. J. Zhou et al. 2023

Sister taxa: Geralinura, Mesoproctus, Thelyphoninae, Thelyphonus

Subtaxa: Crethypoctonus kachinensis

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Type: Crethypoctonus kachinensis

Ecology:

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

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