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Extinct genus of arachnids

Britopygus
Temporal range: Aptian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Amblypygi
Family: Phrynidae
Genus: †Britopygus
Dunlop and Martill, 2002
Species: †B. weygoldti
Binomial name
†Britopygus weygoldti
Dunlop and Martill, 2002

Britopygus is an extinct genus of whip spider that lived in Brazil (Crato Formation) during the Early Cretaceous epoch.

Taxonomy

The genus is known from a single species, Britopygus weygoldti. Although it bears similarity to members of the extant family Charinidae, its placement in this clade is not beyond dispute and more recent sources place the genus in Phrynidae.

References

  1. Dunlop, Jason A.; Martill, David M. (September 2001). "The first whipspider (Arachnida: Amblypygi) and three new whipscorpions (Arachnida: Thelyphonida) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil". Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences. 92 (3): 325–334. doi:10.1017/S0263593300000262. ISSN 0263-5933. Retrieved 15 September 2024 – via Cambridge Core.
  2. Garwood, R. J.; Dunlop, J. A.; Knecht, B. J.; Hegna, T. A. (December 2017). "The first whipspider (Arachnida: Amblypygi) and three new whipscorpions (Arachnida: Thelyphonida) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 17 (1): 105. doi:10.1186/s12862-017-0931-1. PMC 5399839. PMID 28431496.
Taxon identifiers
Britopygus
Britopygus weygoldti


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