Tag: 100 Million Years

The new animal resembles a spider in having fangs, male pedipalps, four walking legs and silk-producing spinnerets at its rear. However, it also bears a long flagellum or tail. No living spider has a tail. Credit: Dinghua Yang

Spider With A Tail Found Preserved In Amber After 100 Million Years

MessageToEagle.com | February 7, 2018

MessageToEagle.com – A remarkable new species of arachnid, resembling a spider with a tail, has been discovered in amber from Myanmar (formerly Burma), of mid-Cretaceous age, around 100 million