Mygalomorph spiders (Araneae: Dipluridae) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Lagerstätte, Araripe Basin, north-east Brazil

Palaeontology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 817-826

  Selden, Paul A ^a,b   Da Costa Casado, Fabio ^c   Mesquita, Marissa Vianna ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c GUARULHOS UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Arachnida; Arthropoda; Chelicerata; Funnel web

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; SPIDER;

ARARIPE BASIN; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

ARANEAE; DIPLURIDAE; MYGALOMORPHAE;

EID: 33745832267     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2006.00561.x     Document Type: Article

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