Maatidesmus paachtun

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M. paachtun

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Polydesmida 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Classis: Diplopoda
Subclassis: Chilognatha
Infraclassis: Helminthomorpha
Superordo: Merocheta
Ordo: Polydesmida

Familia: Chelodesmidae
Genus: †Maatidesmus

Species: †M. paachtun

Name

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  • Maatidesmus paachtun Riquelme & Hernández, 2014

Etymology

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  • Mayan paach = "back" and tun = "stone"

Type locality

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  • Early Miocene, Mexican Amber, Mazantic shale and Balumtum sandstone; Guadalupe Victoria site, Simojovel de Allende, Chiapas, Mexico

Type material

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  • Holotype: Museo del Ámbar Lilia Mijangos, San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico; LZ.MALM28; entire female

References

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  • Riquelme, F; Hernández-Patricio, M; Martínez-Dávalos, A; Rodríguez-Villafuerte, M,; Montejo-Cruz, M; Alvarado-Ortega, J.; Ruvalcaba-Sil, J. L.; Zúñiga-Mijangos, L 2014. Two Flat-Backed Polydesmidan Millipedes from the Miocene Chiapas-Amber Lagerstätte, Mexico. PLoS ONE, 9(8 e05877). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0105877. PMC 4146559. PMID 25162220.