Paradoryphoribius is an extinct genus of tardigrades from the order Parachela.[1][2] It is the third fossil tardigrade to be named, described in 2021 from Miocene Dominican amber from the Dominican Republic. The type, and currently only species, is P. chronocaribbeus.[3] Paradoryphoribius is the first extinct tardigrade known from the Cenozoic and is also the first tardigrade known from the Miocene.[4] It has a length of 539 microns.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Tardigrada |
| Class: | Eutardigrada |
| Order: | Parachela |
| Superfamily: | Isohypsibioidea |
| Genus: | †Paradoryphoribius Mapalo et al., 2021 |
| Species: | †P. chronocaribbeus
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| †Paradoryphoribius chronocaribbeus Mapalo et al., 2021
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References edit
- ^ "Paradoryphoribius Mapalo et al., 2021". www.gbif.org. GBIF. Retrieved 2022-01-04.
- ^ Pool, Rebecca (11 October 2021). "New tardigrade genus discovered". Wiley Analytical Science. Retrieved 2022-01-04.
- ^ Mapalo, M. A.; Robin, N.; Boudinot, B. E.; Ortega-Hernández, J.; Barden, P. (2021). "A tardigrade in Dominican amber". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 288 (1960): Article ID 20211760. doi:10.1098/rspb.2021.1760. PMC 8493197. PMID 34610770.
- ^ Lanese, Nicoletta (5 October 2021). "Tardigrade trapped in amber is a never-before-seen species". Live Science. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
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