†Eonephila bitterfeldensis Wunderlich 2004 (orb-weaving spider)
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Arachnida - Araneae - Araneidae
Full reference: J. Wunderlich. 2004. Fossil taxa of the family Araneidae (Araneae) inclusively Nephilinae in Baltic and Dominican amber, with the description of a new extinct subfamily and notes on selected extant taxa. Beiträge zur Araneologie 3:956-997
Belongs to Eonephila according to J. Wunderlich 2004
Sister taxa: Eonephila excellens, Eonephila longembolus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Bitterfeld amber (Kutscher Gottingen collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Germany
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Germany (2 collections), Poland (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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