''Succinipatopsis'' is an extinct

onychophora Onychophora (from grc, ονυχής, , "claws"; and , , "to carry"), commonly known as velvet worms (due to their velvety texture and somewhat wormlike appearance) or more ambiguously as peripatus (after the first described genus, '' Peripatus ...

n genus known from

Eocene The Eocene ( ) Epoch is a geological epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (mya). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period (geology), Period in the modern Cenozoic Era (geology), Era. The name ''Eocene' ...

-aged

Baltic amber The Baltic region is home to the largest known deposit of amber, called Baltic amber or succinite. It was produced sometime during the Eocene epoch, but exactly when is controversial. It has been estimated that these forests created more than 1 ...

. The only known species described is ''Succinipatopsis balticus''.

References

Monotypic protostome genera Prehistoric onychophorans Onychophoran genera Onychophorans of Europe Prehistoric protostome genera Baltic amber Fossil taxa described in 2000 Taxa named by George Poinar Jr. {{Onychophora-stub