Paradoryphoribius

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Paradoryphoribius
Temporal range: Miocene (Burdigalian),
~16  Ma
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Life reconstruction of Paradoryphoribius
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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

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.

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References

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