Arachnida - Araneae - Araneidae
Full reference: J. P. Chang. 2004. Some new species of spider and Sacculinidae fossils in Jehol biota. Global Geology 23:313-319
Belongs to Araneus according to J. P. Chang 2004
Sister taxa: Araneus absconditus, Araneus aethus, Araneus aquaticus, Araneus beipiaoensis, Araneus carbonaceus, Araneus cinefactus, Araneus defunctus, Araneus delitus, Araneus emertoni, Araneus exustus, Araneus fimbriatus, Araneus inelegans, Araneus kinchloeae, Araneus leptopoda, Araneus longimanus, Araneus luianus, Araneus meeki, Araneus molassicus, Araneus nanus, Araneus piceus, Araneus reheensis, Araneus ruidipedalis, Araneus troschelii, Araneus vulcanalis
Type specimen: Jilin University ZH002, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Huangbanjigou, Chaomidian Village, Jilin University collection, which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Huangbanjigou, Chaomidian Village, Jilin University collection
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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