Chimerarachne Wang et al. 2018 (arthropod)

Arachnida - Araneida - Chimerarachnidae

Full reference: B. Wang, J. A. Dunlop, P. A. Selden, R. J. Garwood, W. A. Shear, P. Müller, and X. J. Lei. 2018. Cretaceous arachnid Chimerarachne yingi gen. et sp. nov. illuminates spider origins. Nature Ecology & Evolution 2(4):614-622

Parent taxon: Chimerarachnidae according to J. Wunderlich 2022

See also Huang et al. 2018, Wang et al. 2018 and Wunderlich 2019

Sister taxon: Parachimerarachne

Subtaxa: Chimerarachne yingi

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Type: Chimerarachne yingi

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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