Fossilcalcaridae Explained

Fossilcalcaridae is an extinct Mygalomorphae spider family in the clade Avicularioidea containing the single species Fossilcalcar praeteritus.[1] The family genus and species were described in 2015 from a male fossil entombed in Cretaceous age Burmese amber.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Jörg Wunderlich . 2015 . On the evolution and the classification of spiders, the Mesozoic spider faunas, and descriptions of new Cretaceous taxa mainly in amber from Myanmar (Burma) (Arachnida: Araneae) . Jörg Wunderlich . Beiträge zur Araneologie, 9: Mesozoic spiders and other fossil arachnids . 21–408 . http://joergwunderlich.de/Downloads/Beitr._Araneol._Band_9_(2015).pdf .

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