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Orchestina gappi

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Orchestina gappi
Temporal range: Albian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Oonopidae
Genus: Orchestina
Species:
O. gappi
Binomial name
Orchestina gappi
Saupe et al., 2012

Orchestina gappi is an extinct spider which existed in what is now France during the late Albian age. It was described in 2012.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Erin E. Saupe; Ricardo Pérez-de la Fuente; Paul A. Selden; Xavier Delclòs; Paul Tafforeau; Carmen Soriano (2012). "New Orchestina Simon, 1882 (Araneae: Oonopidae) from Cretaceous ambers of Spain and France: first spiders described using phase-contrast X-ray synchrotron microtomography". Palaeontology. 55 (1): 127–143. Bibcode:2012Palgy..55..127S. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2011.01123.x. hdl:1808/8829.