Paradoryphoribius | |
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Life reconstruction of Paradoryphoribius | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Tardigrada |
Class: | Eutardigrada |
Order: | Parachela |
Superfamily: | Isohypsibioidea |
Genus: | †Paradoryphoribius Mapalo et al., 2021 |
Species: | †P. chronocaribbeus
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Binomial name | |
†Paradoryphoribius chronocaribbeus Mapalo et al., 2021
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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.