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Cretoperipatus burmiticus

Euonychophora - Peripatidae

Taxonomy
Cretoperipatus burmiticus was named by Engel and Grimaldi (2002). Its type specimen is AMNH Bu218, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (AMNH collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar. It is the type species of Cretoperipatus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Cretoperipatus burmiticus Engel and Grimaldi p. 27 figs. 14d, 17
2016Cretoperipatus burmiticus Oliveira et al. p. 2594 figs. 1-3, S1-S4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumOnychophoraGrube 1853
orderEuonychophoraHutchinson 1930
familyPeripatidaeEvans 1901
genusCretoperipatus
speciesburmiticus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Cretoperipatus burmiticus Engel and Grimaldi 2002
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Cretoperipatus burmiticus (type locality: 111688 178121 182148)