Britopygus

Britopygus; Temporal range: Aptian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Simplified representation
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Amblypygi
Family:	Phrynidae
Genus:	†Britopygus; Dunlop and Martill, 2002
Species:	†B. weygoldti
Binomial name
	†Britopygus weygoldti; Dunlop and Martill, 2002

Britopygus is an extinct genus of whip spider that lived in Brazil (Crato Formation) during the Early Cretaceous epoch.

Taxonomy

The genus is known from a single species, Britopygus weygoldti. Although it bears similarity to members of the extant family Charinidae, its placement in this clade is not beyond dispute^[1] and more recent sources place the genus in Phrynidae.^[2]

References

^ Dunlop, Jason A.; Martill, David M. (September 2001). "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 (3): 325–334. doi:10.1017/S0263593300000262. ISSN 0263-5933. Retrieved 15 September 2024 – via Cambridge Core.325-334&rft.date=2001-09&rft_id=info:doi/10.1017/S0263593300000262&rft.issn=0263-5933&rft.aulast=Dunlop&rft.aufirst=Jason A.&rft.au=Martill, David M.&rft_id=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/earth-and-environmental-science-transactions-of-royal-society-of-edinburgh/article/abs/first-whipspider-arachnida-amblypygi-and-three-new-whipscorpions-arachnida-thelyphonida-from-the-lower-cretaceous-crato-formation-of-brazil/E67FF5C152ABC59ECF36A266928C7991&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Britopygus" class="Z3988">
^ Garwood, R. J.; Dunlop, J. A.; Knecht, B. J.; Hegna, T. A. (December 2017). "The first whipspider (Arachnida: Amblypygi) and three new whipscorpions (Arachnida: Thelyphonida) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 17 (1): 105. doi:10.1186/s12862-017-0931-1. PMC 5399839. PMID 28431496.

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[1] Dunlop, Jason A.; Martill, David M. (September 2001). "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 (3): 325–334. doi:10.1017/S0263593300000262. ISSN 0263-5933. Retrieved 15 September 2024 – via Cambridge Core.325-334&rft.date=2001-09&rft_id=info:doi/10.1017/S0263593300000262&rft.issn=0263-5933&rft.aulast=Dunlop&rft.aufirst=Jason A.&rft.au=Martill, David M.&rft_id=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/earth-and-environmental-science-transactions-of-royal-society-of-edinburgh/article/abs/first-whipspider-arachnida-amblypygi-and-three-new-whipscorpions-arachnida-thelyphonida-from-the-lower-cretaceous-crato-formation-of-brazil/E67FF5C152ABC59ECF36A266928C7991&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Britopygus" class="Z3988">

[2] Garwood, R. J.; Dunlop, J. A.; Knecht, B. J.; Hegna, T. A. (December 2017). "The first whipspider (Arachnida: Amblypygi) and three new whipscorpions (Arachnida: Thelyphonida) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 17 (1): 105. doi:10.1186/s12862-017-0931-1. PMC 5399839. PMID 28431496.

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