Arachnida - Araneae - Araneidae
Full reference: J. Zhang, B. Sun, and X. Zhang. 1994. Miocene insects and spiders from Shanwang, Shandong 1-298
Belongs to Araneus according to J. Zhang et al. 1994
Sister taxa: Araneus absconditus, Araneus aethus, Araneus aquaticus, Araneus beipiaoensis, Araneus carbonaceus, Araneus cinefactus, Araneus defunctus, Araneus delitus, Araneus emertoni, Araneus exustus, Araneus fimbriatus, Araneus inelegans, Araneus kinchloeae, Araneus liaoxiensis, Araneus longimanus, Araneus luianus, Araneus meeki, Araneus molassicus, Araneus nanus, Araneus piceus, Araneus reheensis, Araneus ruidipedalis, Araneus troschelii, Araneus vulcanalis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Shanwang, Linqu County, collection SK (Shanwang Fossil Protection Post coll.), which is in a Burdigalian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Shanwang Formation of China
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Shanwang, Linqu County, collection SK (Shanwang Fossil Protection Post coll.)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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