†Archaemecys arcantiensis Saupe and Selden 2009 (spider)
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Arachnida - Araneae - Archaeidae
Full reference: E. E. Saupe and P. A. Selden. 2009. First fossil Mecysmaucheniidae (Arachnida, Chelicerata, Araneae), from Lower Cretaceous (uppermost Albian) amber of Charente-Maritime, France. Geodiversitas 31:49-60
Belongs to Archaemecys according to J. Wunderlich 2015
See also Dunlop et al. 2013 and Saupe and Selden 2009
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MNHN ARC 11R, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Charentese amber, Archingeay-Les-Nouillers, subunit A1sl-A, which is in an Albian terrestrial amber in France.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Charentese amber, Archingeay-Les-Nouillers, subunit A1sl-A
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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