Eoplectreurys

Eoplectreurys
Temporal range: Middle or Late Jurassic, 164 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Plectreuridae
Genus: Eoplectreurys
Selden & Huang, 2010
Type species
Eoplectreurys gertschi
Selden & Huang, 2010

Eoplectreurys is an extinct monotypic genus of spider from the family Plectreuridae, with a sole species, Eoplectreurys gertschi.[1] The fossils of Eoplectreurys were recovered from the ~164 Ma old Middle Jurassic Daohugou formation tuffs in Inner Mongolia, China.

  1. ^ Selden, P.A.; Huang, D. (2010). "The oldest haplogyne spider (Araneae: Plectreuridae), from the Middle Jurassic of China". Naturwissenschaften. 97 (5): 449–59. Bibcode:2010NW.....97..449S. doi:10.1007/s00114-010-0649-z. PMID 20140419. S2CID 24576304.