Burmanopetalum, Stoev, Pavel, Moritz, Leif & Wesener, Thomas, 2019

Stoev, Pavel, Moritz, Leif & Wesener, Thomas, 2019, Dwarfs under dinosaur legs: a new millipede of the order Callipodida (Diplopoda) from Cretaceous amber of Burma, ZooKeys 841, pp. 79-96 : 82

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.841.34991

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:422C768B-44FA-4F64-B7AC-A83B2C053A08

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/DB4A75E7-8626-4B8B-B172-43E2D7D51D71

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:DB4A75E7-8626-4B8B-B172-43E2D7D51D71

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ZooKeys by Pensoft

scientific name

Burmanopetalum
status

gen. nov.

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.