Palaeothele onoi Selden 2021 (spider)

Arachnida - Araneae - Palaeothelidae

Full reference: P. A. Selden. 2021. New spiders (Araneae: Mesothelae), from the Carboniferous of New Mexico and England, and a review of Paleozoic Araneae. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 84:317-358

Belongs to Palaeothele according to P. A. Selden 2021

Sister taxon: Palaeothele montceauensis

Type specimen: YPM IP.00162, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Mazon Creek (YPM collection), which is in a Westphalian D deltaic mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Mazon Creek (YPM collection)

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