†Cretadiplura ceara Selden 2006 (funnel-web tarantula)
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Arachnida - Araneae - Dipluridae
Full reference: P. A. Selden. 2006. Taxonomic names, in Mygalomorph spiders (Araneae: Dipluridae) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Lagerstätte, Araripe basin, north-east Brazil. Palaeontology 49:817-826
Belongs to Cretadiplura according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013
See also Selden 2006
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MfN MB.A 979, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Crato (MfNB collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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