Cretamygale Selden 2002 (spider)

Arachnida - Araneae

Full reference: P. A. Selden. 2002. First British Mesozoic spider, from Cretaceous amber of the Isle of Wight, southern England. Palaeontology 45:973-983

Parent taxon: Avicularioidea according to I. L. F. Magalhaes et al. 2020

See also Dunlop et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Barychelidae, Ctenizidae, Cyrtaucheniidae, Dipluridae, Fossilcalcaridae, Halonoproctidae, Hexathelidae, Macrothelidae, Microstigmatidae, Migidae, Nemesiidae, Rosamygale, Theraphosidae

Subtaxa: Cretamygale chasei

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Type: Cretamygale chasei

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Wealden amber, Chilton Chine, Isle of Wight (IWCMS collection) (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

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