Promacrothele polyacantha Tang et al. 2023 (spider)

Arachnida - Araneae - Macrothelidae

Full reference: Y. N. Tang, M. S. Engel, and Z. Z. Yang. 2023. Taxonomic names, in Mygalomorph spiders in mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber (Araneae: Mygalomorphae), northern Myanmar: A new genus and species of the family Macrothelidae. Cretaceous Research 147(105514)

Belongs to Promacrothele according to Y. N. Tang et al. 2023

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: DUIER-AMB-001, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Dali University DUIER collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Dali University DUIER collection)

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