Orchestina (Gallorchestina) parisiensis Penney 2007 (goblin spider)

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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