Platydesmida, de Saussure, 1860

Wesener, Thomas & Moritz, Leif, 2018, Checklist of the Myriapoda in Cretaceous Burmese amber and a correction of the Myriapoda identified by Zhang (2017), Check List 14 (6), pp. 1131-1140 : 1138

Order Platydesmida

This order also is unknown as fossils. Unfortunately, the alleged specimens figured by Zhang (2017) belong to other orders.

“ Brachycybe sp. 1” = Siphonophorida . The head morphology and the absence of a dorsal suture clearly identify the pictured specimen as a member of the Siphonophorida and not a Platydesmida ( Blanke and Wesener 2014, Enghoff et al. 2015).

“ Brachycybe sp. 2” = undetermined. This specimen lacks a distinct dorsal suture, and can therefore not be a Platydesmida ( Blanke and Wesener 2014, Enghoff et al. 2015). The head is missing, which makes a clear identification impossible, but this specimen otherwise shows characters observed in species of the Siphonophorida .