Cretamygale

Cretamygale
Temporal range: Barremian, 125 Ma
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Holotype specimen of Cretamygale in amber
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Suborder:Opisthothelae
Infraorder:Mygalomorphae
Genus:†Cretamygale
Species: †C. chasei
Binomial name
Cretamygale chasei
Selden, 2002

Cretamygale is an extinct genus of spider known from the Wealden amber of the Isle of Wight, UK.[1] It was tentatively assigned to Nemesiidae.

References

  1. ↑ Selden, Paul A. (2002). "First British Mesozoic Spider, From Cretaceous Amber Of The Isle Of Wight, Southern England". Palaeontology. 45 (5): 973–983. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00271. ISSN 0031-0239.
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