The identity ofphryssonotus burmiticus(Cockerell, 1917) (Diplopoda, Polyxenida, synxenidae) in cretaceous amber from Myanmar

Synopsis Based on a study of the holotype and of five presumably topotypic and conspecific juveniles, the millipede Phryssonotus burmiticus (Cockerell, 1917) from Lower Cretaceous (Albian) Myanmar amber (Burmite) is revised and redescribed. All relevant millipede material from Burmite can now be unequivocally assigned to Phryssonotus and represents the geologically oldest member of the order Polyxenida known to...