†Orchestina (Gallorchestina) parisiensis Penney 2007 (goblin spider)
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Arachnida - Araneae - Oonopidae
Alternative combination: Orchestina parisiensis
Full reference: D. Penney. 2007. A new fossil oonopid spider in lowermost Eocene amber from the Paris Basin, with comments on the fossil spider assemblage. African Invertebrates 48(1):71-75
Belongs to Orchestina (Gallorchestina) according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013
See also Marusik and Wunderlich 2008 and Penney 2007
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: PA 759, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Oise amber, Le Quesnoy, which is in a Ypresian terrestrial amber in the Argiles d'lignite du Soissonnais Formation of France.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Oise amber, Le Quesnoy
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