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A fossil ray spider (Araneae: Theridiosomatidae) in Cretaceous amber from Vendée, France

Penney, David
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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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2014-12-01
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Paleontological Institute
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1. Paleontological Contributions (2009-present)
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Arachnida, spider, Mesozoic, Late Cretaceous, France
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https://hdl.handle.net/1808/15982
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10.17161/PC.1808.15982
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