Genus: Britopygus Dunlop and Martill, 2002 | Family: Phrynidae Blanchard, 1852 | Order: Amblypygi Thorell, 1883

† Britopygus weygoldti Dunlop and Martill, 2002

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Britopygus weygoldti

MESOZOIC: Lower Cretaceous

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:73232ceb-3c69-4b28-b919-39089759bdbe

Genus type of Britopygus Dunlop and Martill, 2002

Taxonomic references

Britopygus weygodti Dunlop and Martill:

Dunlop and Martill, 2002: 330, figs. 1a, 2a original description
Dunlop and Barov, 2005 [2006]: 61, figs. 1–11

Distribution
Distribution table
Brazil (Ceará)
Type locality: Nova Olinda Member, Crato Formation, near Nova Olinda, Ceará, Brazil. (Lower Cretaceous)

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Nova Olinda -7.1 -39.683333
Type repository
  • Holotype Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart (SMNS), Germany (SMNS 64332)
References

Dunlop, J.A. & Barov, V. (2005 [2006]). A new fossil whip spider (Arachnida: Amblypygi) from the Crato Formation of Brazil. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 12: 53–62. -- Show included taxa

Dunlop, J.A. & Martill, D.M. (2002). 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: 325–334. -- Show included taxa

Logs
Date Type Reference Old value
2024-04-08 Taxonomic reference update Dunlop and Barov, 2005 [2006]
2024-04-08 Taxonomic reference update Dunlop and Martill, 2002
2024-04-08 Taxonomic reference update
2024-04-08 Species updated Old value