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Beornidae

Beorn leggi
Beorn leggi.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Tardigrada
Class: Eutardigrada
Order: Parachaela
Family: Beornidae
Genus: Beorn
Cooper, 1964
Species: B. leggi
Binomial name
Beorn leggi
Cooper, 1964

Beorn leggi is an extinct species of tardigrade, and the first fossil tardigrade discovered, described in 1964 from Cretaceous amber. It is the only species in the genus Beorn, and family Beornidae.


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