A Triassic spider from Italy
Dalla Vecchia, Fabio (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont)
Selden, Paul Al. (University of Kansas. Department of Geology)

Date:	2013
Abstract:	A new fossil spider from the Triassic (Norian) Dolomia di Forni Formation of Friuli, Italy, is described as Friularachne rigoi gen. et sp. nov. This find brings the number of known Triassic spider species to four. The specimen is an adult male, and consideration of various features, including enlarged, porrect chelicerae, subequal leg length, and presence of a dorsal scutum, point to its identity as a possible member of the mygalomorph superfamily Atypoidea. If correct, this would extend the geological record of the superfamily some 98-115 Ma from the late Early Cretaceous (?Albian, c. 100-112 Ma) to the late middle-early late Norian (c. 210-215 Ma).
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Published in:	Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, Vol. 58, issue 2 (2013) , p. 325-330, ISSN 1732-2421

DOI: 10.4202/app.2011.0132

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