A new whip spider (Arachnida: Amblypygi) in mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber

• Published in: Cretaceous research Vol. 116; p. 104596
• Main Authors: Hu, Xueying, Lei, Xiaojie, Luo, Cihang, Jarzembowski, E.A., Wang, Bo, Xiao, Chuantao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2020
• Subjects: Amblypygi; Myanmar; New genus; New species; Taxonomy; Myanmar; Amblypygi; New genus; New species; Taxonomy

A new genus and species of fossil whip spider (Chelicerata: Amblypygi), Burmacharon dunlopi gen. et sp. nov., is described from mid-Cretaceous Kachin (Burmese) amber of Myanmar. The new genus can be distinguished from the genus Kronocharon by the anterior margin of the carapace being slightly procur...