Electrocambalidae, Moritz & Wesener, 2021

Moritz, Leif & Wesener, Thomas, 2021, Electrocambalidae fam. nov., a new family of Cambalidea from Cretaceous Burmese amber (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida), European Journal of Taxonomy 755 (1), pp. 22-46 : 39

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2021.755.1397

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:CEB00D62-0890-403C-8C54-968DC52C8290

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4984713

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D64F73BD-381E-4028-B362-EA1DE2B6442F

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:D64F73BD-381E-4028-B362-EA1DE2B6442F

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Electrocambalidae
status

fam. nov.

Electrocambalidae View in CoL 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.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Diplopoda

SubClass

Helminthomorpha

SuperOrder

Juliformia

Order

Spirostreptida

SubOrder

Cambalidea

Family

Electrocambalidae

Genus

Kachincambala

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