Cratosolpuga is an extinct genus of solifuge from the Early Cretaceous Araripe Basin of Brazil. It contains the single species Cratosolpuga wunderlichi.[1][2] The genus is known from and named after the Crato Formation.[3]

References

  1. ^ "†Cratosolpuga Selden 1996 (camel spider)". The Paleobiology Database.
  2. ^ Selden, P. A. (1996). "The first Mesozoic Solifugae (Arachnida), from the Cretaceous Brazil, and a redescription of the Palaeozoic solifuge". Palaeontology. 39: 583–604.
  3. ^ "reconstruction of Cratosolpuga wunderlichi Selden in Selden and Shear, 1996; (b)".


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