Journal
JOURNAL OF ARACHNOLOGY
Volume 45, Issue 3, Pages 324-343Publisher
AMER ARACHNOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1636/JoA-S-17-029
Keywords
Burmite; Cenomanian; Cretaceous; Mesozoic; Myanmar
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31672323, 41688103, 31230065]
- Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University [17R75]
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Fossils from the mid-Cretaceous (c. 99 Ma) Myanmar (Burma) amber include all extant orders of Arachnida, including the earliest representatives of Schizomida, Parasitiformes, and Palpigradi. Schizomids are figured from Burmese amber herein for the first time. The most abundant and diverse arachnid order is the Araneae, with 38 families, 93 genera, and 165 species recorded to date. The araneofauna is dominated by haplogynes and palpimanoids, whilst araneoids are rare and members of the RTA clade absent. The arachnofauna is typical of a tropical rainforest habitat, which concurs with evidence from other Burmese amber biota.
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