Burmanopetalum
Extinct genus of millipedes
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Burmanopetalum is an extinct genus of millipede containing the single species Burmanopetalum inexpectatum from the Cretaceous of Myanmar. It is a member of the order Callipodida and is the only member of the suborder Burmanopetalidea and family Burmanopetalidae.
| Burmanopetalum Temporal range: Earliest Cenomanian, | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Diplopoda |
| Order: | Callipodida |
| Suborder: | †Burmanopetalidea |
| Family: | †Burmanopetalidae |
| Genus: | †Burmanopetalum |
| Species: | †B. inexpectatum |
| Binomial name | |
| †Burmanopetalum inexpectatum Stoev, Moritz and Wesener, 2019 | |
Description
Discovery
The specimen was discovered in Burmese amber, a productive amber deposit in Kachin State, which has been dated to earliest Cenomanian, or approximately 99 million years old. As of the time of publication, it is the only known callipodid in the Burmese amber out of 529 known millipede specimens, most of which belong to extant families and even genera.
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