†Trichonephila tenuis Wunderlich 1986 (orb-weaving spider)
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Arachnida - Araneae - Araneidae
Alternative combination: Nephila tenuis
Full reference: J. Wunderlich. 1986. Spinnenfauna Gestern und Heute. Fossile Spinnen in Bernstein und ihre heute lebenden Verwandten 1-283
Belongs to Trichonephila according to M. Kuntner et al. 2018
See also Wunderlich 1986
Sister taxon: Trichonephila longembolus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Dominican amber (Wunderlich collection), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (Wunderlich collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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