Eopauropus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
Class: | Pauropoda |
Order: | Tetramerocerata |
Family: | Pauropodidae |
Genus: |
Eopauropus Scheller, 2001 |
Binomial name | |
Eopauropus balticus Scheller, 2001 |
Eopauropus balticus is a prehistoric pauropod known from mid-Eocene Baltic amber. It is the only known pauropod in the fossil record. As pauropods are normally soil-dwelling, their presence in amber (fossilized tree sap) is unusual, and they are the rarest known animals in Baltic amber.