Paradoryphoribius

Paradoryphoribius is an extinct genus of tardigrades from the order Parachela.[1][2] It is 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.

Paradoryphoribius
Temporal range: Miocene (Burdigalian),
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Life reconstruction of Paradoryphoribius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Tardigrada
Class: Eutardigrada
Order: Parachela
Superfamily: Isohypsibioidea
Genus: †Paradoryphoribius
Mapalo et al., 2021
Species:
†P. chronocaribbeus
Binomial name
†Paradoryphoribius chronocaribbeus
Mapalo et al., 2021

References
  1. "Paradoryphoribius Mapalo et al., 2021". www.gbif.org. GBIF. Retrieved 2022-01-04.
  2. Pool, Rebecca (11 October 2021). "New tardigrade genus discovered". Wiley Analytical Science. Retrieved 2022-01-04.
  3. 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.
  4. 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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