Tag: spider

Extremely Rare Fossils Of 160-Million-Year-Old Sea Spider And Its Diversity By The Jurassic

MessageToEagle.com | August 22, 2023

Conny Waters – MessageToEagle.com – An extremely rare collection of 160-million-year-old sea spider fossils from Southern France are closely related to living species, unlike older fossils of their

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

Biology

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

Ancient World

Anansi The Spider: Trickster And Spirit Of Knowledge In African Mythology

MessageToEagle | July 20, 2016

MessageToEagle.com – Anansi the Spider is a very popular creature encountered in African mythology. This West African god frequently takes the form of a spider and he is considered