Arachnida - Araneae - Araneidae

Full reference: E. E. Saupe, P. A. Selden, and D. Penney. 2010. First fossil Molinaranea Mello-Leitão, 1940 (Araneae: Araneidae), from middle Miocene Dominican amber, with a phylogenetic and palaeobiogeographical analysis of the genus. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 158:711-725

Belongs to Molinaranea according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013

See also Saupe et al. 2010

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: KU-NHM-ENT DR-018, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (KU coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (KU coll)

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