Arachnida - Araneae - Araneidae
Full reference: J. Wunderlich. 2004. Fossil taxa of the family Araneidae (Araneae) inclusively Nephilinae in Baltic and Dominican amber, with the description of a new extinct subfamily and notes on selected extant taxa. Beiträge zur Araneologie 3:956-997
Parent taxon: Araneidae according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Anepeira, Aranea, Araneinae, Araneus, Argiope, Chrysometata, Cyclososoma, Enacrosoma, Eoaraneus, Eochorizopes, Eozygiella, Eustaloides, Fossilaraneus, Gea, Hypognatha, Meditrina, Miraraneus, Mirometa, Molinaranea, Nephilinae, Pulchellaranea, Pycnosinga, Testudinaroides, Tethneus, Zilla
Subtaxa: Bararaneus annulatus Bararaneus evolvens
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic amber (Wunderlich collection) (Eocene of Russian Federation)
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