Biology:Electrokoenenia
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Short description: Extinct genus of microwhip scorpions
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| Family: | Eukoeneniidae
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| Genus: | Electrokoenenia
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| Species: | E. yaksha
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| Electrokoenenia yaksha Engel & Huang, 2016
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Electrokoenenia yaksha is a Palpigrade that lived approximately 100 million years ago during the Cretaceous period. It is the first microwhip scorpion fossil from this period to be found and is currently the oldest known Palpigrade.[1]
The palpigrade was discovered in 2016 when a specimen was found in Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Burmese amber from the Hukawng Valley in northern Myanmar. It is 1.47 millimetres (0.058 in) long, and has a yellow coloring.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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): 19. doi:10.1007/s00114-016-1345-4. PMID 26879963. Bibcode: 2016SciNa.103...19E.
Wikidata ☰ Q23057939 entry
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