Aerobius dactylus Mapalo et al. 2024 (water bear)

Eutardigrada - Parachela

Full reference: M. A. Mapalo, J. M. Wolfe, and J. Ortega-Hernández. 2024. Cretaceous amber inclusions illuminate the evolutionary origin of tardigrades. Communications Biology 7(953)

Belongs to Aerobius according to M. A. Mapalo et al. 2024

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MCZ PALE-45862. Its type locality is Cedar Lake (Legg collection), which is in a Campanian terrestrial amber in Canada.

Distribution: found only at Cedar Lake (Legg collection)

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