The first Mesozoic pseudoscorpion, from Cretaceous Canadian amber

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The first Mesozoic pseudoscorpion, from Cretaceous Canadian amber

  • Volume / Part: 34 / 4
  • Publication Date: November 1991
  • Page(s): 971 - 976
  • Authored By: Wolfgang Schawaller

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The first Mesozoic pseudoscorpion (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpionida) from Cretaceous (Campanian) amber collected in southern Alberta, Canada, is described. The specimen is a deutonymph and belongs to the family Chernetidae, but further taxonomic assignment is impossible. Some observations and deductions on its palaeobiology are made.

Citations

SCHAWALLER, W. 1991. The first Mesozoic pseudoscorpion, from Cretaceous Canadian amber. Palaeontology, 34, 4, 971–976.