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]
| Cratosolpuga Temporal range: Late Aptian
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| Specimen MPSC A6696 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Solifugae |
| Family: | Ceromidae |
| Genus: | †Cratosolpuga Selden 1996 |
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| †Cratosolpuga wunderlichi Selden 1996
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References
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- ^ "†Cratosolpuga Selden 1996 (camel spider)". The Paleobiology Database.
- ^ Selden, P. A. (1996). "The first Mesozoic Solifugae (Arachnida), from the Cretaceous Brazil, and a redescription of the Palaeozoic solifuge". Palaeontology. 39: 583–604.
- ^ "reconstruction of Cratosolpuga wunderlichi Selden in Selden and Shear, 1996; (b)".
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