+10 million year old tarantula

[Steve Nunn]

Hi Richard,
This si amazing, I thought the theraphosids were not around in that time period!! Geez, this changes things..........can I please have a copy fo this sent to me?? Will email you now

[Richard Gallon]

Dunlop, J. A., Harms, D. & Penney, D. 2008. A fossil tarantula (Araneae: Theraphosidae) from Miocene Chiapas amber, Mexico. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología, 15: 9−17.

E-mail me if you want a PDF copy of this paper.
Cheers,
Richard