Megamonodontium
Extinct species of spider
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Megamonodontium mccluskyi (Mygalomorphae: Barychelidae) is an extinct species of spider from the Miocene (16–11 million years ago).[1][2][3] Its fossil was discovered in June 2020 in New South Wales, Australia, at McGraths Flat fossil site, by Dr Simon McClusky.[4][5] It is the first fossil of the Barychelidae family ever found.[6]
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| Megamonodontium Temporal range: Miocene | |
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| Holotype specimen (AM F.145559) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Barychelidae |
| Genus: | †Megamonodontium McCurry et al., 2023 |
| Species: | †M. mccluskyi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Megamonodontium mccluskyi McCurry et al., 2023 | |
Megamonodontium is the 2nd largest spider in the fossil record, along with the Middle Jurassic spider from China, Mongolorachne. With a leg span of 50 millimeters. (2 inches long) There could be even larger spiders out there in the fossil record.
