†Archaelagonops alavensis Penney 2006 (spider)
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Arachnida - Araneae - Lagonomegopidae
Alternative combination: Burlagonomegops alavensis
Full reference: D. Penney. 2006. The oldest lagonomegopid spider, a new species in Lower Cretaceous amber from Álava, Spain. Geologica Acta 4:377-382
Belongs to Archaelagonops according to J. Wunderlich 2015
See also Dunlop et al. 2013 and Penney 2006
Sister taxa: Archaelagonops propinquus, Archaelagonops salticoides, Archaelagonops scorsum
Type specimen: MCNA 8635, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Peñacerrada outcrop II, which is in an Albian terrestrial amber in the Escucha Formation of Spain.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Peñacerrada outcrop II
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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