†Geratonephila Poinar 2012 (orb-weaving spider)
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Arachnida - Araneae - Araneidae
Full reference: G. Poinar. 2012. Descriptions, in Predatory behaviour of the social orb-weaver spider, Geratonephila burmanica n. gen., n. sp. (Araneae: Nephilidae) with its wasp prey, Cascoscelio incassus n. gen., n. sp. (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) in Early Cretaceous Burmese amber. Historical Biology 24:519-524
Parent taxon: Nephilidae according to M. Kuntner et al. 2018
See also Dunlop et al. 2013, Poinar 2012 and Wunderlich 2015
Sister taxa: Eonephila, Luxurionephila, Minutunguis, Nephila, Palaeonephila, Trichonephila
Subtaxa: Geratonephila burmanica
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber (Ron Buckley amber collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)
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