Palaeothele

Palaeothele
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Mesothelae
Genus: †Palaeothele
Species:
†P. montceauensis
Binomial name
†Palaeothele montceauensis
(Selden, 1996)

Palaeothele is an extinct genus of mesothele spiders, with only one known species Palaeothele montceauensis. Two fossils were found at Montceau-les-Mines, France, in ironstone concretion deposits of Late Carboniferous (Stephanian) age, about 304 to 299 million years ago.

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