Protosolpuga
Appearance
Protosolpuga Temporal range:
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Fossil of Protosolpuga | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Solifugae |
Family: | †Protosolpugidae |
Genus: | †Protosolpuga Petrunkevitch, 1913 |
Species: | †P. carbonaria
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Binomial name | |
†Protosolpuga carbonaria Petrunkevitch, 1913
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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 Formation in Illinois.[1][2]