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A new scolopendromorph centipede (Myriapoda: Chilopoda) from the lower Cretaceous (Aptian) of Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2016

Heather M. Wilson
Heather M. Wilson*
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Department of Entomology, 4112 Plant Sciences Building, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742,
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Abstract

A new scolopendromorph centipede (Myriapoda: Chilopoda), Cratoraricrus oberlii n. gen. and sp., is described from the Nova Olinda Member of the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of northeast Brazil. The specimen is tentatively referred to the Scolopendridae based on possession of bisegmented tarsi and paramedian longitudinal grooves on the sternites. This specimen represents one of only four verifiable Mesozoic taxa.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 77 , Issue 1 , January 2003 , pp. 73 - 77
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