Protosolpuga
Extinct species of spider-like organisms
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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 fossil beds of Illinois.[1][2]
| Protosolpuga Temporal range: Late Carboniferous | |
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| Fossil of Protosolpuga | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Solifugae |
| Family: | †Protosolpugidae |
| Genus: | †Protosolpuga Petrunkevitch 1913 |
| Species: | †P. carbonaria |
| Binomial name | |
| †Protosolpuga carbonaria Petrunkevitch 1913 | |
