Argenna fossilis Petrunkevitch 1957 (spider)

Arachnida - Araneae - Dictynidae

Full reference: A. Petrunkevitch. 1957. Order Aranei, in Miocene arthropods from the Mojave desert, California. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 294-G:246-248

Belongs to Argenna according to W. D. Pierce and J. Gibron 1962

See also Petrunkevitch 1957

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USNM 561977, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is USGS Cenozoic 19057, Mule Canyon, Calico Hills, which is in a Hemingfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Barstow Formation of California.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (3: California collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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