Cretamygale
Cretamygale is an extinct genus of spider known from the Wealden amber of the Wessex Formation from the Isle of Wight, UK.[1] It was tentatively assigned to Nemesiidae.
| Cretamygale | |
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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 | |
References
- Selden, Paul A. (2002). "First British Mesozoic Spider, From Cretaceous Amber Of The Isle Of Wight, Southern England" (PDF). Palaeontology. 45 (5): 973–983. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00271. hdl:1808/8357. ISSN 0031-0239.
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