Arachnida - Araneae - Araneidae
Full reference: J. Wunderlich. 2004. The fossil spiders (Araneae) of the families Tetragnathidae and Zygiellidae n. stat. in Baltic and Dominican amber, with notes on higher extant and fossil taxa. Beiträge zur Araneologie 3:899-955
Parent taxon: Araneidae according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Anepeira, Aranea, Araneinae, Araneus, Argiope, Bararaneus, Cyclososoma, Enacrosoma, Eoaraneus, Eochorizopes, Eozygiella, Eustaloides, Fossilaraneus, Gea, Hypognatha, Meditrina, Miraraneus, Mirometa, Molinaranea, Nephilinae, Pulchellaranea, Pycnosinga, Testudinaroides, Tethneus, Zilla
Subtaxa: Chrysometata palaearctica
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic amber (Wunderlich collection) (Eocene of Russian Federation)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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