Milnesium swolenskyi Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Tardigrada |
Class: | Eutardigrada |
Order: | Apochela |
Family: | Milnesiidae |
Genus: | Milnesium |
Species: | †M. swolenskyi
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Binomial name | |
†Milnesium swolenskyi Bertolani and Grimaldi 2000
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Milnesium swolenskyi is a species of tardigrade from the Cretaceous period.[1] It, Beorn and Paradoryphoribius are the only known tardigrade genera in the fossil record.[2] The type specimen AMNH NJ-796 was found in Turonian New Jersey amber, from about 93.9 to 89.8 million years ago (mya).[3][4][5]