| Range |
∼300 Million years ago
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| Organism |
Spider |
| Reference |
Mammola S, Michalik P, Hebets EA, Isaia M. Record breaking achievements by spiders and the scientists who study them. PeerJ. 2017 Oct 315:e3972. doi: 10.7717/peerj.3972 p.9 bottom paragraphPubMed ID29104823
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| Primary Source |
Selden PA. 1996. First fossil mesothele spider, from the Carboniferous of France. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 2: 585–596. |
| Comments |
P.9 bottom paragraph: "Oldest fossil spider—∼300 Myr ago. The oldest known true spiders date back to the Carboniferous age, around 300 Myr ago. Most likely, specimens of Palaeothele
montceauensis (Selden) (Mesothelae) are the earliest described fossil species, from the Upper Carboniferous (Stephanian) of Montceau-Ies-Mines, France (primary source)." |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
116055 |