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Mesozygiella dunlopi

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iMesozygiella dunlopi
Fossil range: Early Cretaceous
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Mesozygiella
Species: M. dunlopi
Binomial name
Mesozygiella dunlopi

Mesozygiella dunlopi is an extinct species of orb-weaving spider, dating from the Lower Cretaceous, making it the earliest orb-weaver yet discovered. Two specimens of the species were found embedded in amber in Alava, northern Spain.

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