Polydesmida, Leach, 1815

Wesener, Thomas & Moritz, Leif, 2018, Checklist of the Myriapoda in Cretaceous Burmese amber and a correction of the Myriapoda identified by Zhang (2017), Check List 14 (6), pp. 1131-1140 : 1138

Order Polydesmida

“Paradoxosomatinae sp.” ( Zhang 2017: 179–180) = Polydesmida . Families and subfamilies of Cretaceous Polydesmida can only be determined after a careful observation of the male gonopods. Unfortunately, the gonopods are not visible in the specimen, and therefore, it might be any Polydesmida . Elongated legs are often found in Recent species of the family Paradoxosomatidae , but it is entirely possible that 100 mya other families of Polydesmida had species with elongated legs.

“ Scytonotus sp.” ( Zhang 2017: 180) = Polydesmida . Scytonotus is a genus of Polydesmida currently endemic to North America. Species can only be assigned to this genus based on gonopod characteristics. Families and subfamilies of Cretaceous Polydesmida can only be determined after a careful observation of the male gonopods. Unfortunately, the gonopods are not visible in the specimen, and therefore, it might be any Polydesmida .