Geophilomorpha Pocock, 1895

Riquelme, Francisco & Hernández-Patricio, Miguel, 2018, The millipedes and centipedes of Chiapas amber, Check List 14 (4), pp. 637-646 : 644-645

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https://doi.org/ 10.15560/14.4.637

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5476624

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scientific name

Geophilomorpha Pocock, 1895
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Order Geophilomorpha Pocock, 1895 View in CoL View at ENA

Referred material. 1 specimen: MACH.20: adult of undetermined sex, incomplete specimen.

Locality. MACH.20: Mexico, Chiapas, Simojovel, La Pimienta site, 17°08ʹ29ʺ N, 092°45ʹ46ʺ W.

Identification. MACH.20 without head or terminal segments, body with more than 40 pairs of legs; fossil specimen match Geophilomorpha but this shows poor preservation that makes a more detailed description difficult.

Referred material. 1 specimen: G.2005.147.1.1, as seen in Ross et al. (2016: 46, fig. 2).

Locality. Mexico, Chiapas? Simojovel area? The origin of this material is unproven; there are no data about the exact locality or strata provided by Ross et al. (2016).

Remarks. Specimen undetermined; micrograph published in Ross et al. (2016). Accordingly, the specimens resemble Geophilomorpha . Ross et al. (2016) also referred to another geophilomorph specimen, which they identified as G.2007.67.10.1 ( Ross and Sheridan 2013: 55, fig. 9), but this is the same specimen G.2005.147.1.1 (even the same photo) as presented in Ross et al. (2016: 46, fig. 2).

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