Arachnida - Araneae

Full reference: D. Penney and V. M. Ortuño. 2006. Oldest true orb-weaving spider (Araneae: Araneidae). Biology Letters 2:447-450

Parent taxon: Araneoidea according to I. L. F. Magalhaes et al. 2020

See also Dunlop et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Anapidae, Baltsuccinidae, Burmascutidae, Cretamysmenidae, Cretaraneus, Cyatholipidae, Eocoddingtonia, Juraraneidae, Leviunguidae, Linyphiidae, Mesarania, Mimetidae, Mysmenidae, Nesticidae, Orbipurae, Pimoidae, Praetheridiidae, Protheridiidae, Pumiliopimoidae, Synaphridae, Synotaxidae, Tetragnathidae, Theridiidae, Theridiosomatidae, Zarqaraneidae

Subtaxa: Mesozygiella dunlopi

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Peñacerrada outcrop II (Cretaceous of Spain)

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