Arachnida - Araneae - Araneidae
Alternative combination: Epeira emertoni
Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1890. The Tertiary Insects of North America. Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories XIII:1-734
Belongs to Araneus according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013
See also Petrunkevitch 1922 and Scudder 1890
Sister taxa: Araneus absconditus, Araneus aethus, Araneus aquaticus, Araneus beipiaoensis, Araneus carbonaceus, Araneus cinefactus, Araneus defunctus, Araneus delitus, Araneus exustus, Araneus fimbriatus, Araneus inelegans, Araneus kinchloeae, Araneus leptopoda, Araneus liaoxiensis, Araneus longimanus, Araneus luianus, Araneus meeki, Araneus molassicus, Araneus nanus, Araneus piceus, Araneus reheensis, Araneus ruidipedalis, Araneus troschelii, Araneus vulcanalis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado
Distribution: found only at Florissant (MCZ Collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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