Comment: class and order are different when compared to the GBIF reference: [1]. Gpkp [u • t • c] 05:43, 4 January 2022 (UTC) i fixed it
Paradoryphoribius[1][2] is an extinct genus of tardigrades from the Parachaela, and the third fossil tardigrade to be named, described in 2021 from Miocene Dominican amber from the Dominican Republic. The type, and currently only species, is P. chronocaribbeus.[3] Paradoryphoribius is the first extinct tardigrade known from the Cenozoic and is also the first tardigrade known from the Miocene.[4] It has a length of 539 microns.
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| Genus: | †Paradoryphoribius Mapalo et al., 2021
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| †Paradoryphoribius chronocaribbeus Mapalo et al., 2021
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References
- ^ "Paradoryphoribius Mapalo et al., 2021". www.gbif.org. GBIF. Retrieved 2022-01-04.
- ^ "New tardigrade genus discovered". Wiley Analytical Science. Wiley-Blackwell. doi:10.1002/was.00020423. Retrieved 2022-01-04.
- ^ Mapalo, M. A.; Robin, N.; Boudinot, B. E.; Ortega-Hernández, J.; Barden, P. (2021). "A tardigrade in Dominican amber". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 288 (1960): Article ID 20211760. doi:10.1098/rspb.2021.1760. PMC 8493197. PMID 34610770.
- ^ Lanese, Nicoletta (5 October 2021). "Tardigrade trapped in amber is a never-before-seen species". Live Science. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
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