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1 March 2009 A geophilomorph centipede (Chilopoda) from La Buzinie amber (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian), SW France
Gregory D. Edgecombe, Alessandro Minelli, Lucio Bonato
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Abstract

The first geophilomorph centipede to be documented from Mesozoic amber and the second Mesozoic member of the order is described as Buziniphilus antiquus n. gen., n. sp. It is represented by a single, probably immature specimen from Early Cenomanian amber at La Buzinie, Champniers, Charentes, France. Buziniphilus n. gen. is most probably a member of either Schendylidae or Geophilidae, though documentation of the labrum and mandibles is required to make a definitive familial assignment. Referral of Buziniphilus n. gen. to the crown-group Adesmata, together with a reinterpretation of the structure of the forcipulae in the Jurassic Eogeophilus Schweigen & Dietl, 1997, reinforces the modern aspect of Mesozoic chilopods that had been indicated by Cretaceous scutigeromorph and scolopendromorph fossils.

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Gregory D. Edgecombe, Alessandro Minelli, and Lucio Bonato "A geophilomorph centipede (Chilopoda) from La Buzinie amber (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian), SW France," Geodiversitas 31(1), 29-39, (1 March 2009). https://doi.org/10.5252/g2009n1a3
Received: 4 October 2007; Accepted: 1 January 2008; Published: 1 March 2009
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KEYWORDS
amber
ambre
Buziniphilus n. gen.
Chilopoda
Crétacé
Cretaceous
espèce nouvelle
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