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Protosolpuga

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(Redirected from Protosolpugidae) Extinct species of spider-like organisms

Protosolpuga
Temporal range: Late Carboniferous
311.45–306.95 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Fossil of Protosolpuga
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Solifugae
Family: †Protosolpugidae
Genus: †Protosolpuga
Petrunkevitch 1913
Species: †P. carbonaria
Binomial name
†Protosolpuga carbonaria
Petrunkevitch 1913

Protosolpuga carbonaria is an extinct species of solifuges, the only one of the genus Protosolpuga and the family Protosolpugidae. This Carboniferous camel spider was discovered in the Mazon Creek fossil beds of Illinois.

An illustration of Protosolpuga

References

  1. "†Protosolpuga Petrunkevitch 1913 (camel spider)". PBDB.
  2. "SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED SOLIFUGAE OF THE WORLD". Archived from the original on 2016-07-04.
Taxon identifiers
Protosolpuga
Protosolpuga carbonaria
Protosolpugidae


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