Cretaraneus vilaltae Selden 1990 (spider)

Arachnida - Araneae

Full reference: P. A. Selden. 1990. Lower Cretaceous spiders from the Sierra de Montsech, north-east Spain. Palaeontology 33:257-285

Belongs to Cretaraneus according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013

See also Selden 1990 and Selden and Penney 2003

Sister taxa: Cretaraneus liaoningensis, Cretaraneus martinsnetoi

Type specimen: IEI LC 1150, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is La Cabrua outcrop, Sierra del Montsec (IEI collection), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large lime mudstone in the la Pedrera de Rubies Formation of Spain.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at La Cabrua outcrop, Sierra del Montsec (IEI collection)

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