O. Scolopendromorpha VENDIDO

Dominican amber is a fossil resin of plant origin that comes from the legume Hymenaea protera, dated between 25 and 40 million years ago.

Dominican amber differs from Baltic amber by being more transparent, and by having a greater number of fossil remains.

This piece contains a scolopendra. Scolopendromorphs are a order of myriapods chilopods (class Chilopoda) which includes the scolopendras and numerous others species known vulgarly like a centipede. ​ 

As in the rest of the chilopods, in the first segment of the trunk it has a pair of poisonous fangs, called forceps, which are the first pair of legs modified into two large nails associated with a poison gland. These are used both to defend themselves and to capture and paralyze prey, acting as parts oral additional.

Centipedes are characterized by having one pair of articulated legs in most of their body segments, unlike millipedes which have two pairs of legs.