| Palaeoperenethis Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Pisauridae |
| Genus: | โ Palaeoperenethis |
| Species: | †P. thaleri
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| †Palaeoperenethis thaleri | |
Palaeoperenethis is an extinct monotypic genus of nursery web spider family Pisauridae, and at present, it contains the single species Palaeoperenethis thaleri.[1] The genus is solely known from Early Eocene, Ypresian Okanagan Highlands deposits in the Cariboo region of British Columbia, Canada.
- ^ Selden, P.A.; Penney, D. (2009). "A fossil spider (Araneae: Pisauridae) of Eocene age from Horsefly, British Columbia, Canada". Contributions to Natural History. 12: 1269โ1282.