Arthrolycosa wolterbeeki is the name given to the new species.
Following the finding, Wolterbeek gave the specimen to fossil arachnid expert Jason Dunlop of the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin for further examination.
This nearly complete fossil specimen indicated that it is a member of the Araneae order, which includes eight-legged venomousThe fossil showcased a well-preserved spinneret , which is one of the distinguishing features of true spiders. “It has been almost four years since I found an unidentified arachnid fossil in the Westphalian D of the Piesberg quarry near Osnabrück, Germany,” mentioned Wolterbeek in anWolterbeek added: “This has been a great experience, as I learned a great deal about arachnids and spiders and spinnerets along the way.”
Reportedly, the finding of this fossilized spider makes it one of just 12 known Carboniferous species. The diversity of Carboniferous spider species is noted to be relatively less than that of closely related arachnids such as Phalangiotarbids and Trigonotarbids.The first Palaeozoic spider from Germany is described as Arthrolycosa wolterbeeki sp. nov. and comes from the late Carboniferous strata of Piesberg near Osnabrück in Lower Saxony.
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