Electrokoenenia
Extinct genus of microwhip scorpions
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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]
| Electrokoenenia Temporal range: Cenomanian ~ | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| 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 | |
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]
