Palaeothele Selden 2000 (spider)

Arachnida - Araneae - Palaeothelidae

Synonym: Eothele Selden 1996 [replaced name]

Full reference: P. A. Selden. 2000. Palaeothele, replacement name for the fossil mesothele spider Eothele Selden non Rowell. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 11:292

Parent taxon: Palaeothelidae according to P. A. Selden 2021

See also Dunlop et al. 2013, Selden 1996 and Selden 2000

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Palaeothele montceauensis Palaeothele onoi

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Type: Eothele montceauensis

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of France (2 collections), United States (1: Illinois)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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