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

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.