Eopauropus Explained

Eopauropus balticus is a prehistoric pauropod known from mid-Eocene Baltic amber.^[1] It is the only known pauropod in the fossil record.^{[2] [3]} 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.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Scheller. U. J.. Wunderlich. 2001. First description of a fossil pauropod, Eopauropus balticus n. gen. n. sp. (Pauropoda: Pauropodidae), in Baltic amber. Mitteilungen des geologischpaläon-tologisches Institut und Museum, Universität Hamburg. 85. 221–227.
2. Scheller. Ulf. A reclassification of the Pauropoda (Myriapoda). International Journal of Myriapodology. 2008. 1. 1. 1–38. 10.1163/187525408X316730. free.
3. Book: David Grimaldi. Michael S. Engel. Evolution of the Insects. 2005. Cambridge University Press. 978-1-107-26877-7. 109.
4. Book: Baltic amber. Wolfgang. Weitschat. Wilfried . Wichard. Penney, David. Biodiversity of Fossils in Amber from the Major World Deposits. https://books.google.com/books?id=YIb0_tXhT_4C&pg=PA91. 2010. Siri Scientific Press. 978-0-9558636-4-6. 91–.