Arachnida - Araneae - Araneidae
Alternative combination: Epeira cinefacta
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 defunctus, Araneus delitus, Araneus emertoni, 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
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Florissant (MCZ Collection) (Eocene of Colorado)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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