First Mesozoic Scutigeromorph Centipede, from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil |
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| Authors: | Heather M Wilson |
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| Institution: | Department of Entomology, 4112 Plant Sciences Building, University of Maryland College Park, USA |
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| Abstract: | The first Mesozoic scutigeromorph centipede (Myriapoda: Chilopoda), Fulmenocursor tenax gen. et sp. nov., is described from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian) Crato Formation of north-east Brazil. Previously described fossil Scutigeromorpha are known from Dominican and Baltic amber, the Carboniferous (Westphalian D) Francis Creek Shale of Mazon Creek, Illinois, the Silurian and Devonian of Britain, and the Devonian of New York State. |
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| Keywords: | Chilopoda Cretaceous Mesozoic morphology Myriapoda Scutigeridae Scutigeromorpha |
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