†Myrmecarchaea antecessor Carbuccia et al. 2020 (spider)
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Arachnida - Araneae - Archaeidae
Full reference: B. Carbuccia, H. M. Wood, C. Rollad, A. Nel, and R. Garrouste. 2020. A new Myrmecarchaea (Araneae: Archaeidae) species from Oise amber (earliest Eocene, France). BSGF - Earth Sciences Bulletin 191(24):1-5
Belongs to Myrmecarchaea according to B. Carbuccia et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Myrmecarchaea pediculus, Myrmecarchaea petiolus
Type specimen: MNHN.F.A71310, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Oise amber, Le Quesnoy, which is in a Ypresian terrestrial amber in the Argiles d'lignite du Soissonnais Formation of France.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Oise amber, Le Quesnoy
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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