During the Cretaceous period, in what is now northern Burma, two warring spiders got stuck in some sticky sap.
during the 99 million years that sap transformed into amber and preserved these spiders, which were both covered in a sort of body armor
. Now, a group to have discovered the piece of amber that was hosting these spiders locked in battle.
During the period of the Cretaceous, in what is now northern Burma, two spiders were caught in sap sticky. Over 99 million years this transformation of sap into amber and preserved these bizarre spiders, which were both covered in a sort of body armor (photo)
They published a document describing the pair as a species that has never been seen before.
making new spider species particularly special is that it was unusual horns, which came with two teeth to their advice.
These ancient, extinct spiders belong to a family called tetrablemmidae.
The family is distinguished by their armor, they use to protect against predators such as wasps, which is why they are sometimes called “armored spiders.”
men of this family also often horns on their heads and fangs, the researchers said.
‘The new fossil is an adult male and takes these horns in the extreme, lead author Paul Selden, a professor of paleontology of invertebrates at the University of Kansas said live science.
The spiders had “complex” horns with two teeth to their advice. This is unusual, even for a Tetrablemmid spider.
But he said the new species can be placed within the modern family, and is similar to species living in Southeast Asia and China today.
The mummified specimens measure about 0.06 inches (1.58 millimeters) long.
These ancient, extinct spiders belong to the spider family called tetrablemmidae. The locations of the family tetrablemmidae Spiders can be found worldwide, represented
Amber is fossilized tree resin, insects and arachnids of millions of years are often found preserved in.
in the movie Jurassic Park, scientists have found mosquitoes preserved in amber.
the fact of spiders are found across the continent “suggests that the family was already well diversified in tropical forests at the moment,” the authors wrote in the paper, published in the journal Cretaceous Research.
spiders of this family usually have six eyes more. But researchers do not find eyes on new specimens, and it is likely that it is because these body parts are not well preserved in amber.
modern spiders of the family of spiders called tetrablemmidae. The illustrated spiders have been found in southwestern caves of China between 2010 and 2011
The samples came from a mine in northern Burma in the beginning, but researchers have bought them from a Chinese dealer.
The “horns” complex on spiders were what caught the attention of scientists.
‘What caught my attention was the huge spider projection on its head, most likely with eyes and weird horns on his fangs, the professor said Selden .
Tetrablemmid spiders usually have six or less eyes, but researchers could not find on new specimens.
This is probably because these body parts are not well preserved.
researchers have named species of spiders Electroblemma bifida, which comes from the Greek words for “orange” and “appearance”.
family ancestors are known islands in the Indian Ocean. It is unclear how the family of spiders spread to South-East Asia in prehistoric times, but the Professor Selden told Live Science, thinks that spiders were preserved in amber in the bloc West of Burma, which was attached to Australia there are about 400 million years.
‘That was before there were spiders known on planet Earth, Professor Selden said. “Over the millennia that followed, the small plate drifted across to the mainland we now call Eurasia, and has reached sometime in the Jurassic period.
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The spiders locked in battle for 99 MILLION years: Terrifying arachnids found encased in amber had spiked fangs and body armour
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