The millipedes and centipedes of Chiapas amber
Author
Riquelme, Francisco
Author
Hernández-Patricio, Miguel
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2018
2018-08-10
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http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/14.4.637
journal article
10.15560/14.4.637
1809-127X
Order
Polydesmida Leach, 1895
Referred material.
1 specimen
:
AM
.
CH
.Id33: adult of undetermined sex, complete specimen, lost by commercial trade (
Fig. 3E
).
Locality.
Mexico
,
Chiapas
: Simojovel: Los Pocitos site,
17°08ʹ18ʺ N
,
092°43ʹ41ʺ W
.
Identification.
This fossil specimen was observed in the field, it seems closely related with the extant representa- tives of the Family
Chelodesmidae
, particularly with the fossil species
M. paachtun
as described in
Riquelme et al. (2014a)
.