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Cratosolpuga wunderlichi

Arachnida - Solifugae - Ceromidae

Taxonomy
Cratosolpuga wunderlichi was named by Selden (1996). Its type specimen is Wunderlich Sol 1, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Crato (Wunderlich collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large lime mudstone in the Crato Formation of Brazil. It is the type species of Cratosolpuga.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Cratosolpuga wunderlichi Selden p. 601 figs. Pl 1, figs 3,4; text-figs 4-6
2004Cratosolpuga wunderlichi Dunlop and Martill p. 145 figs. 1-8
2024Cratosolpuga wunderlichi Santana et al. p. 10 figs. 5, 6A-F, 7A-F, 8A-D, 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
RankNameAuthor
Prosomapoda
Planaterga
Dekatriata
SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
PoecilophysideaPepato et al. 2010
orderSolifugaeSundevall 1833
familyCeromidaeRoewer 1933
genusCratosolpuga
specieswunderlichi

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.

Cratosolpuga wunderlichi Selden 1996
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Grouping: solitaryc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 09:55:58
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:55:58
Source: c = class
Reference: Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Late/Upper Aptian or 122.46000 to 112.03000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 112.03Brazil (Ceara) Cratosolpuga wunderlichi (type locality: 34897 34901)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 112.03Brazil (Ceará) Cratosolpuga wunderlichi (122556 122557 122922)