Electrokoenenia
Appearance
Electrokoenenia yaksha Temporal range:
| |
---|---|
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | |
Phylum: | |
Class: | |
Order: | |
Family: | |
Genus: | Electrokoenenia
|
Species: | E. yaksha
|
Binomial name | |
Electrokoenenia yaksha (Engel & Huang, 2016)
|
Electrokoenenia yaksha is a Palpigrade that lived approximately 100 million years ago during the Mesozoic period. It is the first microwhip scorpion fossil from this period to be found.[1]
The palpigrade was discovered in 2016 when a specimen was found in Cretaceous (Cenomanian) amber from the Hukawng Valley in northern Myanmar. It is 1.47 millimetres (0.058 in) long, and has a yellow coloring.[1]
References
- ^ a b Engel, Michael S.; Breitkreuz, Laura C. V.; Cai, Chenyang; Alvarado, Mabel; Azar, Dany; Huang, Diying (15 February 2016). "The first Mesozoic microwhip scorpion (Palpigradi): a new genus and species in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar". The Science of Nature. 103 (3–4). doi:10.1007/s00114-016-1345-4.