Family Theraphosidae Thorell 1870 (tarantula)
Arachnida - Araneae - Theraphosidae
Synonyms: Aviculariidae Simon 1870, Aviculariinae Simon 1870
Parent taxon: Avicularioidea according to W. C. Wheeler et al. 2017
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Dunlop et al. 2013 and Petrunkevitch 1922
Sister taxa: Barychelidae, Cretamygale, Ctenizidae, Cyrtaucheniidae, Dipluridae, Fossilcalcaridae, Halonoproctidae, Hexathelidae, Macrothelidae, Microstigmatidae, Migidae, Nemesiidae, Rosamygale
Subtaxa: Hemirraghus Ischnocolinopsis Protertheraphosinae Selenocosmiinae
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1 collection), Mexico (2)
• Cretaceous of Myanmar (1)
Total: 4 collections including 5 occurrences