#spider fossil

[transparentfossil]

Huge Fossil Jumping Spider and True Midge in Baltic Amber

[amberbugs]

Large unidentified insect fossilized in amber. Myanmar amber dates back to 100 Million years old.

[starryspngs]

Amber

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[mindblowingscience]

Arachnophobia can make humans flee at the sight of a brown recluse, black widow or even a daddy long legs, but animal predators of spiders know no such fear. That's why, paleobiologist George Poinar Jr. explains, some spider species have developed the defense of deception. They masquerade as a much less desirable prey—ants—and Poinar's recent paper in Historical Biology presents an early record of an ant-mimicking spider in fossilized resin.

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[miriamforster]

IT’S OUT! My giant gorgeous book, Bugs, a Skittery Jittety History is out in the world!

Kirkus 🌟 review: “Aspiring entomologists, paleontologists, and artists won’t want to miss this one.”

My mother’s review: “wow this is a lot of information, like an entomology 101 class.”

And LOOK at the beautiful art Gordy Wright made for it! It’s even prettier in person.

Anyway if you like bugs, check it out.

[timmydakilla]

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[cureofthenonesense]

I finally watched all the new animalities

My thoughts in the tags

[lakelewisia]

Mining operations in the eastern hills have been halted, following the discovery of a previously-undetected vein of spiderstone. Spiderstone consists of egg sacs, preserved by fossilization, of the presumed-extinct giant maze spider that once tunneled through this region in prehistoric days. For good or ill, we will have an opportunity to learn more about this creature’s habits and their tolerance for modern environmental conditions, as the unplanned exposure of the vein is believed to have initiated revivification and hatching of the eggs.

[briery]

A segmented spider, Liphistius desultor, from Penang, Malaysia. Segmented spiders (from the suborder Mesothelae) are the most primitive living spiders in the world. They have virtually remained unchanged from late Palaeozoic times to today. Sometimes they are referred to as living fossils. (Copyright © Mike Gray, "Spider Origins" Australian Museum).

[transparentfossil]

Large Spider with Fangs Displayed in Burmite Amber Fossil

[greenfrog04]

The first Palaeozoic spider (Arachnida: Araneae) from Germany

Published 16th July 2023

The first Palaeozoic spider from Germany is described as Arthrolycosa wolterbeeki, represented by a very well preserved and relatively complete fosill from the late Carboniferous strata of Piesberg.

Arthrolycosa wolterbeeki fossil and fossil illustration

Artist reconstruction of Arthrolycosa wolterbeeki

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[furanocoumarin]

Baltic amber. Several small dipterans, a scirtid, Lasius schiefferdeckeri, and a spider.

[mindblowingscience]

A team of Australian scientists led by Australian Museum (AM) and University of New South Wales (UNSW) paleontologist Dr. Matthew McCurry have formally named and described a fossil spider, Megamonodontium mccluskyi, which is between 11–16 million years old. The findings on this new genus of spider have now been published in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. Found at McGraths Flat, NSW, a fossil site known for its iron-rich rock called "goethite," the new genus of spider is the first ever spider fossil of the Barychelidae family to be found. Similar to the living genus, Monodontium (a brushed trapdoor spider) but five times larger (carapace length, ~10 mm; entire spider, ~50mm from toe to toe), the spider was named after Dr. Simon McClusky who found the specimen. A geospatial scientist based in Canberra, McClusky volunteers his time helping on palaeontological excavations. Dr. McCurry said that there have been very few fossil spiders found in Australia which makes the discovery very significant. "Only four spider fossils have ever been found throughout the whole continent, which has made it difficult for scientists to understand their evolutionary history. That is why this discovery is so significant, it reveals new information about the extinction of spiders and fills a gap in our understanding of the past."

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[netmassimo]

An article published in the journal "Papers in Palaeontology" reports the results of an examination of rare fossils of so-called sea spiders dating back to about 160 million years ago, during the Jurassic period. A team of researchers examined these fossils of marine arthropods which technically belong to the class of Pycnogonids (Pycnogonida). Fossils of these arthropods are rare and among them are some of the so-called fauna of La Voulte-sur-Rhône, a deposit in southwestern France known for its excellent conservation and abundance of fossils. This study led to the identification of three species of sea spiders which were named Palaeopycnogonides gracilis, Colossopantopodus boissinensis, and Palaeoendeis elmii. Their resemblance to the current species of Pycnogonids leads to the conclusion that their diversification began right in the Jurassic.

[covenawhite66]

Lomankus edgecombei found in New York

This Lomankus edgecombei fossil gives clues to how Arthropods evolved appendages. Antennas in insects and crustaceans plus fangs on spiders and pincers onscorpions.

[exoexid]

your girl found and registered her first animal bone today!!!!! ^-^