Biology:Cenotextricella
| Cenotextricella Temporal range: Eocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Anapidae |
| Subfamily: | Micropholcommatinae |
| Genus: | †Cenotextricella Penney, 2007[1] |
| Species: | †C. simoni
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| †Cenotextricella simoni Penney, 2007[1]
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Cenotextricella is a genus of fossil spiders with one described species, Cenotextricella simoni, found in Eocene amber (c. 53 million years ago) from the Paris Basin in France . The male is only about one millimeter long. A female has not yet been discovered. (As of July 2017), it is the only fossil record of the subfamily Micropholcommatinae[1] (now considered part of the Anapidae, but formerly recognized as a separate family[2]). Recent species in the family only occur in the Southern Hemisphere, in Australia and South America.[3]
The spider probably lived in semi-deciduous or deciduous woodland near a river, in a warm climate with wet and dry seasons.[3]
Like all species of the subfamily it has eight eyes.
Name
The genus name is a combination of ceno (from Cenozoic, where the type species originates), and the closely allied extant genus Textricella. The species is named in honor of famous France arachnologist Eugène Simon (1848–1924).[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Dunlop, J.A.; Penney, D.; Jekel, D. (2017). "A summary list of fossil spiders and their relatives, version 19". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/resources/fossils/Fossils18.pdf. Retrieved 2017-07-30.[yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
- ↑ "Family: Anapidae Simon, 1895". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/family/6. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Penney, David; Dierick, Manuel; Cnudde, Veerle; Masschaele, Bert; Vlassenbroeck, Jelle; van Hoorebeke, Luc; Jacobs, Patric (2007). "First fossil Micropholcommatidae (Araneae), imaged in Eocene Paris amber using X-Ray Computed Tomography". Zootaxa 1612: 47–53. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/z01623p053f.pdf. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
Wikidata ☰ Q2944243 entry
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