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Mygalomorph spiders (Araneae: Dipluridae) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato lagerstätte, Araripe Basin, north‐east Brazil
Author(s) -
SELDEN PAUL A.,
DA COSTA CASADO FABIO,
VIANNA MESQUITA MARISA
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
palaeontology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.69
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1475-4983
pISSN - 0031-0239
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2006.00561.x
Subject(s) - lagerstätte , cretaceous , paleontology , geology
The first mygalomorph spiders from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Lagerstätte of Cearà Province, north‐east Brazil, are described, from adult males and females, in two new genera and species: Cratadiplura ceara Selden, gen. et sp. nov. and Dinodiplura ambulacra Selden, gen. et sp. nov. They belong to the extant family Dipluridae, hitherto known as fossils only from Tertiary strata; thus this occurrence extends the family record by some 90 myr.
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