Electrocambalidae fam. nov., a new family of Cambalidea from Cretaceous Burmese amber (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida)
Author
Moritz, Leif
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Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK), Leibniz Institute for Animal Biodiversity, Adenauerallee 160, D- 53113, Bonn, Germany. & Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Ecology, University of Bonn, An der Immenburg 1, 53121 Bonn, Germany.
moritz.leif@gmail.com
Author
Wesener, Thomas
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Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK), Leibniz Institute for Animal Biodiversity, Adenauerallee 160, D- 53113, Bonn, Germany.
t.wesener@leibniz-zfmk.de
text
European Journal of Taxonomy
2021
2021-06-17
755
1
22
46
http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.755.1397
journal article
10.5852/ejt.2021.755.1397
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CEB00D62-0890-403C-8C54-968DC52C8290
Electrocambalidae
fam. nov.
sp.
Material examined
MYANMAR
•
1 specimen
;
Kachin State
,
Hukawng Valley
,
Mid-Cretaceous
Burmese amber inclusion; in the collection of Patrick Müller (
BuB1144
)
.
Measurements and taphonomy
MEASUREMENTS.
13.8 mm
long,
0.4 mm
in diameter.
AMBER DESCRIPTION. Spherical, flat, 44.4 × 33.6 ×
15.9 mm
. Polished, yellow, transparent.
SYNINCLUSIONS. Soil particles, bark, Archaeognatha, Diptera, Hymenoptera (wasp, ant).
TAPHONOMIC FEATURES. Body straight. Imprint of body next to specimen. Body dorsally flattened, cuticle partially broken. Layering of amber.