Cretamygale

Cretamygale; Temporal range: Barremian, 125 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	Holotype specimen of Cretamygale in amber
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Clade:	Avicularioidea
Genus:	†Cretamygale
Species:	†C. chasei
Binomial name
	†Cretamygale chasei; Selden, 2002

Cretamygale is an extinct genus of spider known from the Wealden amber of the Wessex Formation from the Isle of Wight, UK. It was tentatively assigned to Nemesiidae in the original description.[1] Later studies considered it indeterminate within Avicularioidea.[2]

References

Selden, Paul A. (2002). "First British Mesozoic Spider, From Cretaceous Amber Of The Isle Of Wight, Southern England" (PDF). Palaeontology. 45 (5): 973–983. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00271. hdl:1808/8357. ISSN 0031-0239.
Magalhaes, Ivan L. F.; Azevedo, Guilherme H. F.; Michalik, Peter; Ramírez, Martín J. (February 2020). "The fossil record of spiders revisited: implications for calibrating trees and evidence for a major faunal turnover since the Mesozoic". Biological Reviews. 95 (1): 184–217. doi:10.1111/brv.12559. ISSN 1464-7931.

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[Selden2002-1] Selden, Paul A. (2002). "First British Mesozoic Spider, From Cretaceous Amber Of The Isle Of Wight, Southern England" (PDF). Palaeontology. 45 (5): 973–983. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00271. hdl:1808/8357. ISSN 0031-0239.

[2] Magalhaes, Ivan L. F.; Azevedo, Guilherme H. F.; Michalik, Peter; Ramírez, Martín J. (February 2020). "The fossil record of spiders revisited: implications for calibrating trees and evidence for a major faunal turnover since the Mesozoic". Biological Reviews. 95 (1): 184–217. doi:10.1111/brv.12559. ISSN 1464-7931.