A fossil ray spider (Araneae: Theridiosomatidae) in Cretaceous amber from Vendée, France
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Issue Date
2014-12-01Author
Penney, David
Publisher
Paleontological Institute
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Article
Article Version
Scholary, edited volume
Is part of series
Paleontological Contributions;10B
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A new species of fossil ray spider, Baalzebub? mesozoicum n. sp. (Araneae: Theridiosomatidae), is described from Mesozoic amber from the Cretaceous (Middle Cenomanian to Early Santonian) deposits of La Garnache, Vendée, NW France. The palpal structures, especially the highly sclerotized claw-shaped retrolateral ‘paracymbium’ originating as an outgrowth of the cymbium basally and the basal cymbial lamella, are considered sufficient to make a tentative placement of the new fossil species in the extant genus Baalzebub Coddington, 1986.
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1946-0279Collections
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