Name: Fossil
Amber Spider
Phylum:
Arthropoda; Subphylum
Chelicerata; Class Arachnida; Order Araneae; Family Liocranidae
Geological
Time: Upper Eocene - Lower Oligocene
Size: Spider:
2 mm
Fossil Site:
Kaliningrad District, Russia
| This
fossil resin piece displays a Liocranid spider. There are 43 Families
of Spiders represented in Baltic amber, of which some 75% are thougt
to be extinct genera. This one is well-displayed within this finely-polished
amber piece.
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