†Hirsutisoma dentata Wunderlich 2017 (hooded tickspider)
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Arachnida - Ricinulei - Hirsutisomidae
Full reference: J. Wunderlich. 2017. New extinct taxa of the arachnid order Ricinulei, based on new fossils preserved in mid Cretaceous Burmese amber. Ten Papers on Fossil and Extant Spiders (Araneae). Beiträge zur Araneologie 10:48-71
Belongs to Hirsutisoma according to J. Wunderlich 2017
Sister taxa: Hirsutisoma acutiformis, Hirsutisoma bruckschi, Hirsutisoma grimaldii
Type specimen: BUB-76, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Patrick Müller collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Patrick Müller collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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