Cratosolpuga
Cratosolpuga Temporal range: Late Aptian
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Solifugae |
Family: | Ceromidae |
Genus: | †Cratosolpuga Selden 1996 |
Type species | |
†Cratosolpuga wunderlichi Selden 1996
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Cratosolpuga is an extinct genus of solifuge from the Early Cretaceous Araripe Basin of Brazil. It contains the single species Cratosolpuga wunderlichi.[1][2] The genus is known from and named after the Crato Formation.[3]
References[]
- ^ "†Cratosolpuga Selden 1996 (camel spider)". The Paleobiology Database.
- ^ Selden, P. A. (1996). "The first Mesozoic Solifugae (Arachnida), from the Cretaceous Brazil, and a redescription of the Palaeozoic solifuge". Palaeontology. 39: 583–604.
- ^ "reconstruction of Cratosolpuga wunderlichi Selden in Selden and Shear, 1996; (b)".
Categories:
- Extinct arachnids
- Solifugae genera
- Aptian life
- Early Cretaceous animals of South America
- Cretaceous Brazil
- Fossils of Brazil
- Crato Formation
- Fossil taxa described in 1996
- Arachnid stubs