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. There are about 5 genera and at least 140 described species in Scutigerellidae. In this family, the head is distinctly separated from the neck, the antennae usually have more than 20 articles, there are 15 simple tergites, and the first pair of legs is well developed and more than half the length of the next pair. The oldest described species of the family are members of the extant genera ''Hanseniella'' and ''Scutigerella'' from

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, undescribed specimens of the family are known from the

Cenomanian The Cenomanian is, in the International Commission on Stratigraphy's (ICS) geological timescale, the oldest or earliest age (geology), age of the Late Cretaceous epoch (geology), Epoch or the lowest stage (stratigraphy), stage of the Upper Cretace ...

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of Myanmar.

Genera

These five genera belong to the family Scutigerellidae: * '' Hanseniella'' Bagnall, 1913 * '' Millotellina'' Jupeau, 1954 * '' Scolopendrelloides'' Bagnall, 1913 * '' Scopoliella'' Scheller, 1986 * '' Scutigerella'' Ryder, 1882

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