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

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1 collection), Mexico (2)

• Cretaceous of Myanmar (1)

Total: 4 collections including 5 occurrences

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