Beorn leggi

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Beorn leggi is an extinct tardigrade only known from one individual found in Cretaceous amber. It was described in 1964 by Kenneth W. Cooper who named the genus after a creature from J. R. R. Tolkien's book The Hobbit and the species after his student William M. Legg, who discovered the amber deposits.

Beorn leggi looks already like a typical tardigrade and was assigned by Cooper to the Eutardigrada. It was found at Cedar Lake in Manitoba Province, Canada.

References

  • K. W. Cooper, The first fossil tardigrade: Beorn leggi, from Cretaceous Amber, Psyche - Journal of Entomology, 71 (2), 1964, page 41
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