Dwarfs under dinosaur legs: a new millipede of the order Callipodida (Diplopoda) from Cretaceous amber of Burma
Author
Stoev, Pavel
Author
Moritz, Leif
Author
Wesener, Thomas
text
ZooKeys
2019
841
79
96
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.841.34991
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.841.34991
1313-2970-841-79
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422C768B44FA4F64B7ACA83B2C053A08
Genus
†
Burmanopetalum
gen. nov.
Type species.
†
Burmanopetalum inexpectatum
sp. nov.
Etymology.
From
"Burma"
, the country of origin, and
"-petalum"
a frequent generic termination in
Callipodida
. Gender: neuter.
Diagnosis.
Differs from all extant genera of
Callipodida
by its minute size (less than 1 cm in length), lack of pleurotergal setae, and its spatulate telson being twice the size of the penultimate body ring. Eyes composed of five ommatidia.