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Electrokoenenia

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Electrokoenenia
Temporal range: Cenomanian
~99–94 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Palpigradi
Family: Eukoeneniidae
Genus: Electrokoenenia
Engel & Huang, 2016
Species:
E. yaksha
Binomial name
Electrokoenenia yaksha
Engel & Huang, 2016

Electrokoenenia yaksha is a palpigrade that lived approximately 100 million years ago during the Cretaceous period. It is the first microwhip scorpion fossil from this period to be found and is currently the oldest known Palpigrade.[1]

The palpigrade was discovered in 2016 when a specimen was found in Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Burmese amber from the Hukawng Valley in northern Myanmar. It is 1.47 millimetres (0.058 in) long, and has a yellow coloring.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Engel, Michael S.; Breitkreuz, Laura C. V.; Cai, Chenyang; Alvarado, Mabel; Azar, Dany; Huang, Diying (15 February 2016). "The first Mesozoic microwhip scorpion (Palpigradi): a new genus and species in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar". The Science of Nature. 103 (3–4): 19. Bibcode:2016SciNa.103...19E. doi:10.1007/s00114-016-1345-4. PMID 26879963. S2CID 14816297.