A new scorpion fossil from the Cretaceous amber of Myanmar (Burma). New phylogenetic implications
Abstract
A fossil scorpion belonging to a new family, genus and species, Chaerilobuthus complexus gen. n., sp. n., is described from Cretaceous amber of Myanmar (Burma). This is the third species and the fourth scorpion specimen to have been found and described from Burmese amber. The new family seems quite distinct from the family Archaeobuthidae Lourenço, 2001 described from Cretaceous amber of Lebanon.
- Publication:
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Comptes rendus - Palevol
- Pub Date:
- 2011
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.crpv.2011.08.001
- Bibcode:
- 2011CRPal..10..635L
- Keywords:
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- Scorpion;
- Fossil;
- New family;
- Cretaceous;
- Amber;
- Myanmar