Biology:Fossilcalcaridae
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Short description: Extinct family of spiders
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Clade: | Avicularioidea |
| Family: | †Fossilcalcaridae Wunderlich, 2015 |
| Genus: | †Fossilcalcar Wunderlich, 2015 |
| Species: | †F. praeteritus
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| †Fossilcalcar praeteritus Wunderlich, 2015
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Fossilcalcaridae is an extinct Mygalomorphae spider family in the clade Avicularioidea containing the single species Fossilcalcar praeteritus.[1] The family genus and species were described in 2015 from a male fossil entombed in Cretaceous age Burmese amber.
References
- ↑ Jörg Wunderlich (2015). "On the evolution and the classification of spiders, the Mesozoic spider faunas, and descriptions of new Cretaceous taxa mainly in amber from Myanmar (Burma) (Arachnida: Araneae)". in Jörg Wunderlich. Beiträge zur Araneologie, 9: Mesozoic spiders and other fossil arachnids. pp. 21–408. http://joergwunderlich.de/Downloads/Beitr._Araneol._Band_9_(2015).pdf.
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