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Cretapalpus vittari

Arachnida - Araneae - Palpimanidae

Taxonomy
Cretapalpus vittari was named by Downen and Selden (2021). Its type specimen is KUMIP 374705, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Crato (KUMIP collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil. It is the type species of Cretapalpus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Cretapalpus vittari Downen and Selden p. 94 figs. 1-3

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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
RankNameAuthor
—SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
—Pantetrapulmonata
subclassTetrapulmonataSchultz 1990
—Serikodiastida
orderAraneae
suborderOpisthothelaePocock 1892
infraorderAraneomorphaeSmith 1902
superfamilyPalpimanoideaForster and Platnick 1984
familyPalpimanidaeThorell 1870
genusCretapalpus
speciesvittari

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.

†Cretapalpus vittari Downen and Selden 2021
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available