Nyssodesmus Cook, 1896

Álvarez-Rodríguez, Michelle, Riquelme, Francisco, Hernández-Patricio, Miguel & Magaña, Fabio Cupul-, 2024, Diplopoda in the world fossil record, Zoological Systematics 49 (3), pp. 185-245 : 218

Genus Nyssodesmus Cook, 1896

Nyssodesmus sp. : Laurito & Valerio, 2018: 182, figs 4C–D.

Referred material: Holotype: CFM-5199. Preservation: Compression. Repository: MNCR. Locality: Costa Rica, Alajuela, San Carlos, La Palmera. Horizon: Travertine outcrop, Upper Pleistocene.

Superfamily Sphaeriodesmoidea Humbert & DeSaussure, 1869 Family Sphaeriodesmidae Humbert & DeSaussure, 1869

Sphaeriodesmidae indet: This work ( Fig. 4B ).

New records: CPAL.130; CPAL.131; CPAL.152; CPAL.184: juvenile; CPAL.206: juvenile. Preservation: Amber inclusions. Repository: CPAL-UAEM. Locality: Mexico, Chiapas, Simojovel, Campo La Granja mine (CPAL.152), Guadalupe Victoria mine (CPAL.130, CPAL.131), Monte Cristo mine (CPAL.184), Palenque, Estrella de Belén mine (CPAL.206). Horizon: Uppermost Simojovel Formation, Upper Oligocene-Lower Miocene.

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Figure 4. New records of Diplopoda from Mexican amber, Simojovel Formation, Upper Oligocene-Lower Miocene. A. CPAL.121: Trichopolydesmidae (Polydesmida). B. CPAL.130: Sphaeriodesmidae (Polydesmida). C. CPAL.150: Trichopolydesmidae (Polydesmida). D. CPAL.125.1: Polydesmida indet. E. CPAL.137: Polydesmida indet. F. CPAL.138: Pyrgodesmidae (Polydesmida). Scale bars: A, E=0.5mm; B, F=1.0 mm; C–D =0.2mm.