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Britopygus weygoldti

Arachnida - Amblypygi - Phrynidae

Taxonomy
Britopygus weygoldti was named by Dunlop and Martill (2002). Its type specimen is SMNS 64332, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Crato (SMNS collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil. It is the type species of Britopygus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Britopygus weygoldti Dunlop and Martill p. 330 figs. 1a, 2a
2005Britopygus weygoldti Dunlop and Barov p. 61 figs. 1-11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
—EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
—Prosomapoda
—Planaterga
—Dekatriata
—SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
RankNameAuthor
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
—Pantetrapulmonata
subclassTetrapulmonataSchultz 1990
—Schizotarsata
—PedipalpiBorner 1904
orderAmblypygiThorell 1883
suborderEuamblypygiWeygoldt 1996
—Unidistitarsata
infraorderNeoamblypygiWeygoldt 1996
superfamilyPhrynoideaBlanchard 1852
familyPhrynidaeBlanchard 1852
genusBritopygus
speciesweygoldti

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Britopygus weygoldti Dunlop and Martill 2002
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Diagnosis
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