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First fossil Mecysmaucheniidae (Arachnida, Chelicerata, Araneae), from Lower Cretaceous (Uppermost Albian) amber of Charente-Maritime, France

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Saupe, Erin E., Selden, Paul A. (2009): First fossil Mecysmaucheniidae (Arachnida, Chelicerata, Araneae), from Lower Cretaceous (Uppermost Albian) amber of Charente-Maritime, France. Geodiversitas 31 (1): 49-60, DOI: 10.5252/g2009n1a5, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5252/g2009n1a5

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