Fossil mesothele spiders

@article{Selden1996FossilMS,
  title={Fossil mesothele spiders},
  author={Paul A. Selden},
  journal={Nature},
  year={1996},
  volume={379},
  pages={498-499}
}
  • P. Selden
  • Published 8 February 1996
  • Geography
  • Nature
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The Fossil Arachnida

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It was concluded that the position of Phalangiotarbida and Haptopoda remains obscure and Kustarachnida, according to Dunlop (1996a, b), represents misidentified opilionids.

Imaging techniques in the study of fossil spiders

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A new Cretaceous arachnid fossil encased in Burmese amber sheds light on the evolution of spiders, as it preserves both primitive and derived features, suggestive of a basal Araneae position.

Pre‐Pleistocene geological events shaping diversification and distribution of primitively segmented spiders on East Asian margins

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This work explored biogeographical histories and population genetic structures of the primitively segmented spiders, Heptathela and Ryuthela (Liphistiidae), broadly codistributed across EAM islands, and looked for geohistoric events that may have shaped their distributional patterns.

A genus-level taxonomic review of primitively segmented spiders (Mesothelae, Liphistiidae)

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This work revises liphistiid genus level taxonomy based on original sampling throughout their Asian range, and on the evidence from a novel molecular phylogeny, and provides strong support for the monophyly of Liphistiidae, and the two subfamiliesliphistiinae and Heptathelinae.

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