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A giant spider from the Jurassic of China reveals greater diversity of the orbicularian stem group

A large female spider, Nephila jurassica, was described from Middle Jurassic strata of north-east China and placed in the modern genus Nephila (family Nephilidae) on the basis of many morphological similarities, but, as with many ancient fossils, the single specimen lacked synapomorphies of the fami...

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Autores principales: Selden, Paul A., Shih, ChungKun, Ren, Dong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3889289/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24317464
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00114-013-1121-7