Mongolarachne

Mongolarachne is an extinct genus of spiders placed in the monogeneric family Mongolarachnidae. The only known species is Mongolarachne jurassica.[1] The species was originally described as Nephila jurassica and placed in the living genus Nephila which contains the golden silk orb-weavers.[2] Subsequently it was determined to be stem-orbicularian, i.e. a relative of the group Orbiculariae, which contains the family Nephilidae, but also several other families, such as Theridiidae, Theridiosomatidae or Uloboridae.[1][3] The species is known only from the Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation, part of the Daohugou Beds, near the village of Daohugou in Ningcheng County, northeastern China.[2]
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