| Electrocteniza Temporal range: Early Eocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Ctenizidae |
| Genus: | †Electrocteniza Eskov & Zonstein, 2000 |
| Species: | †E. sadilenkoi
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| †Electrocteniza sadilenkoi Eskov & Zonstein, 2000
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Electrocteniza is an extinct monotypic genus of spider in the family Ctenizidae. At present, it contains the single species Electrocteniza sadilenkoi.[2] The genus is solely known from the Early Eocene[3] Baltic amber deposits in the Baltic Sea region of Europe.[2]
- ^ "†Electrocteniza Eskov and Zonstein 2000 (cork-lid trapdoor spider)". Fossilworks.
- ^ a b Eskov, K. Y.; Zonstein, S. L. (2000). "The First Ctenizoid Mygalomorph Spiders from Eocene Baltic Amber (Araneida: Mygalomorphae: Ctenizidae)". Paleontological Journal. 34 (suppl. 3): S268–S274. Part 1; Part 2 (PDF).
- ^ Wolfe, A. P.; et al. (2009). "A new proposal concerning the botanical origin of Baltic amber". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 276 (1672): 3403–3412. doi:10.1098/rspb.2009.0806. PMC 2817186. PMID 19570786.