Published August 10, 2018 | Version v1
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The millipedes and centipedes of Chiapas amber

  • 1. Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Morelos, Mexico
  • 2. Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, Mexico City, Mexico

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An inventory of fossil millipedes (class Diplopoda) and centipedes (class Chilopoda) from Miocene Chiapas amber, Mexico, is presented, with the inclusion of new records. For Diplopoda, 34 members are enumerated, for which 31 are described as new fossil records of the orders Siphonophorida Newport, 1844, Spirobolida Bollman, 1893, Polydesmida Leach, 1895, Stemmiulida Pocock, 1894, and the superorder Juliformia Attems, 1926. For Chilopoda 8 fossils are listed, for which 3 are new records of the order Geophilomorpha Pocock, 1895 and 2 are of the order Scolopendromorpha Pocock, 1895.

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