†Bararaneus rotundus Wunderlich 2024 (orb-weaving spider)
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Arachnida - Araneae - Araneidae
Full reference: J. Wunderlich. 2024. New fossil spider taxa in Eocene European ambers (Araneida: Araneae: Araneidae, Hersiliidae and Tetragnathidae) and a note on the climate of the Eocene European amber forests. Beiträge zur Araneologie 17:52-63
Belongs to Bararaneus according to J. Wunderlich 2024
Sister taxa: Bararaneus annulatus, Bararaneus evolvens
Type specimen: F3867/BB/CJW, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber (Wunderlich collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic amber (Wunderlich collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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