Laniatorean harvestmen (Arachnida: Opiliones) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber
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چکیده
One new family, six genera and species of laniatorean harvestmen (Arachnida: Opiliones: Laniatores) from the mid-Cretaceous (Cenomanian, ca. 99 Ma) Burmese amber Northern Myanmar are described. Ellenbergellus tuberculatus gen. et sp. nov. is first fossil assignable to extant family Tithaeidae. Mesokanus oehmkuehnlei newly described Mesokanidae fam. Biungulus xiai Gigantocheles nilsi referred Epedanidae, a previously recorded in amber. Protopyramidops nalae potentially Pyramidopidae. Finally, Palaeobeloniscus thilolebi nov Beloniscidae. These records offer constraints for origins four modern families suggest that forests hosted fairly diverse fauna which mostly belonged lineages still present Southeast Asia today.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Cretaceous Research
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1095-998X', '0195-6671']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104703