Palaeoperenethis thaleri Selden and Penney 2009 (spider)

Arachnida - Araneae

Full reference: P. A. Selden and D. Penney. 2009. A fossil spider (Araneae: Pisauridae) of Eocene age from Horsefly, British Columbia, Canada. Contributions to Natural History 12:1269-1282

Belongs to Palaeoperenethis according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013

See also Selden and Penney 2009

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: ROM 31304, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Horsefly Mine, locality 8 (ROM collection), which is in a Ypresian lacustrine - large mudstone in Canada.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Horsefly Mine, locality 8 (ROM collection)

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