Two flat-backed polydesmidan millipedes from the Miocene Chiapas-amber Lagerstätte, Mexico.

Two species of fossil polydesmidan millipedes (Diplopoda: Polydesmida) embedded in amber are described from Miocene strata near Simojovel, in the Chiapas Highlands, Mexico. Maatidesmus paachtun gen. et sp. nov., placed into Chelodesmidae Cook, 1895, and Anbarrhacus adamantis gen. et sp. nov., assign...

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Main Authors: Francisco Riquelme, Miguel Hernández-Patricio, Arnulfo Martínez-Dávalos, Mercedes Rodríguez-Villafuerte, Maira Montejo-Cruz, Jesús Alvarado-Ortega, José L Ruvalcaba-Sil, Luis Zúñiga-Mijangos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/25162220/?tool=EBI