Cretoperipatus Temporal range: Cenomanian-Turonian
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Onychophora |
Family: | Peripatidae |
Genus: | †Cretoperipatus Engel & Grimaldi, 2002 |
Species: | †C. burmiticus
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Binomial name | |
†Cretoperipatus burmiticus |
Cretoperipatus burmiticus is an extinct species of velvet worm that is known from the Burmese amber in Kachin state of Myanmar, originating from the Cenomanian-Turonian stages of the Late Cretaceous.[1]