Consteniusi

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Consteniusi
Temporal range: Middle Eocene 46 Ma
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Consteniusi leona.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: †Consteniusi
& , 2020
Species:
†C. leonae
Binomial name
†Consteniusi leonae
Downen & Selden, 2020

Consteniusi is an extinct genus of orbweavers in the family Araneidae. There is only one species in this genus, Consteniusi leonae, or Leona's Spider, who was named after the mother of Kurt Constenius, Leona. Its holotype is discovered in the Kishenehn Formation of Montana , United States in 2020.[1]

Etymology[]

C.leonaes holotype specimen is CM 56099, a part of female adult as a fossil discovered by Kurt Constenius and was donated by Leona Constenius, Kurt's mother for study. It was first published in "Fossil spiders (Araneae) from the Eocene Kishenehn Formation of Montana,USA" by Matt Downen and Paul A. Selden along with .[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Downen, Matthew R.; Selden, Paul A. (2020-11-30). "Fossil spiders (Araneae) from the Eocene Kishenehn Formation of Montana, USA". Palaeontologia Electronica. 23 (3): 1–10. doi:10.26879/1135. ISSN 1094-8074.
  2. ^ Downen, Matt; Selden, Paul (2020-01-01). "Fossil spiders (Araneae) from the Eocene Kishenehn Formation of Montana, USA". Palaeontologia Electronica. doi:10.26879/1135.
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