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Geophilomorpha Pocock 1895

Description

Order Geophilomorpha Pocock, 1895

Referred material. 1 specimen: MACH.20: adult of undetermined sex, incomplete specimen.

Locality. MACH.20: Mexico, Chiapas, Simojovel, La Pimienta site, 17°08ʹ29ʺ N, 092°45ʹ46ʺ W.

Identification. MACH.20 without head or terminal segments, body with more than 40 pairs of legs; fossil specimen match Geophilomorpha but this shows poor preservation that makes a more detailed description difficult.

Referred material. 1 specimen: G.2005.147.1.1, as seen in Ross et al. (2016: 46, fig. 2).

Locality. Mexico, Chiapas? Simojovel area? The origin of this material is unproven; there are no data about the exact locality or strata provided by Ross et al. (2016).

Remarks. Specimen undetermined; micrograph published in Ross et al. (2016). Accordingly, the specimens resemble Geophilomorpha. Ross et al. (2016) also referred to another geophilomorph specimen, which they identified as G.2007.67.10.1 (Ross and Sheridan 2013: 55, fig. 9), but this is the same specimen G.2005.147.1.1 (even the same photo) as presented in Ross et al. (2016: 46, fig. 2).

Notes

Published as part of Riquelme, Francisco & Hernández-Patricio, Miguel, 2018, The millipedes and centipedes of Chiapas amber, pp. 637-646 in Check List 14 (4) on pages 644-645, DOI: 10.15560/14.4.637

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Pocock
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Geophilomorpha
Taxon rank
order
Taxonomic concept label
Geophilomorpha Pocock, 1895 sec. Riquelme & Hernández-Patricio, 2018

References

  • Ross AJ, Mellish CJ, Crighton B, York PV (2016) A catalogue of the collections of Mexican amber at the Natural History Museum, London and National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh, UK. Boletin de la Sociedad Geologica Mexicana 68 (1): 45 - 55. https: // doi. org / 10.18268 / BSGM 2016 v 68 n 1 a 7
  • Ross AJ, Sheridan A (2013) Amazing Amber. National Museums Scotland Enterprises, Edinburgh, 64 pp.