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Cratosolpuga

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Cratosolpuga
Temporal range: Late Aptian
~115–112 Ma
Specimen MPSC A6696
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Solifugae
Family: Ceromidae
Genus: Cratosolpuga
Selden 1996
Type species
Cratosolpuga wunderlichi
Selden 1996

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

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  1. ^ "†Cratosolpuga Selden 1996 (camel spider)". The Paleobiology Database.
  2. ^ Selden, P. A. (1996). "The first Mesozoic Solifugae (Arachnida), from the Cretaceous Brazil, and a redescription of the Palaeozoic solifuge". Palaeontology. 39: 583–604.
  3. ^ "reconstruction of Cratosolpuga wunderlichi Selden in Selden and Shear, 1996; (b)".