Electrokoenenia

Electrokoenenia yaksha
Temporal range: Cenomanian–Cenomanian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Palpigradi
Family: Eukoeneniidae
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

  1. 1 2 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.
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