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Zorotypus (Octozoros) acanthothorax
Taxonomy
Zorotypus acanthothorax was named by Engel and Grimaldi (2002). Its type specimen is AMNH Bu-966, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (AMNH collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
It was recombined as Zorotypus (Octozoros) acanthothorax by Engel (2003).
It was recombined as Zorotypus (Octozoros) acanthothorax by Engel (2003).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2002 | Zorotypus acanthothorax Engel and Grimaldi p. 10 fig. 3,8,10 |
| 2003 | Zorotypus (Octozoros) acanthothorax Engel |
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†Zorotypus (Octozoros) acanthothorax Engel and Grimaldi 2002
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Myanmar | Zorotypus acanthothorax (type locality: 111688) |