†Megamonodontium mccluskyi McCurry et al. 2024 (trapdoor baboon spider)
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Arachnida - Araneae - Barychelidae
Full reference: M. R. McCurry, M. Frese, and R. Raven. 2024. A large brush-footed trapdoor spider (Mygalomorphae: Barychelidae) from the Miocene of Australia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 200:1026-1033
Belongs to Megamonodontium according to M. R. McCurry et al. 2024
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: AM F.145559, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is McGraths Flat, which is in a Miocene pond siderite in Australia.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at McGraths Flat
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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