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.
  • sleepingoddishEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Really cool on how well preserved this one is. Looking forward to learning more about this spider.

  • MothraOPMEnglish
    62·
    1 year ago

    Some afterthoughts… I guess you’d expect a large fossil spider to be found in Australia, right… Still, cool news and the fossil photos are nice.