Salticidae

  • Spider fossil
    Photographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History
    Description: Fossil of Male jumping spider Salticidae Early Eocene (50 million years ago) Fossil Lake, Wyoming Geology Specimen # PE60320
Catalog Number: PE 60320
Taxonomic Name: Salticidae
FM Catalog: Fossil Invertebrates
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Period: Paleogene
Earliest Epoch: Eocene
Formation: Green River
Member: Fossil Butte
Coordinates Available?: No
Country: United States of America
State/Province/Territory: Wyoming
County: Lincoln
EMu IRN: 2862991
Occurrence ID: 372b9f94-b4e5-4796-bc88-0bcdd3aae249

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