An Unusual Palaeobiocoenosis of Subfossil Spiders in Colombian Copal

David Penney; David I. Green; Simon B. Titchener

doi:10.13156/arac.2012.15.7.241

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David Penney,¹ David I. Green,² Simon B. Titchener³

¹Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK email: david.penney@manchester.ac.uk
²Department of Geology, Amgueddfa Cymru—National Museum Wales, Cardiff, CF10 3NP, UK
³Lyme Regis Fossils, Bridge Street, Lyme Regis, DT7 3QA, UK

Abstract

Inclusions in amber and copal provide us with a unique insight into terrestrial palaeocommunities because they represent a palaeobiocoenosis: a naturally co-occurring group of organisms that perished at they same point in time and in the same place. We report the first (sub)fossilized example of a spider population, preserved in Colombian copal, which has been dated back as far as 1736 /- 35 years. The specimen contains 26 spiders belonging to the Euryopis/Emertonella genus complex (Theridiidae). Such subfossils in copal provide exciting new research opportunities in molecular palaeobiology for investigating changes in genetic variation within a group at the threshold of ecological and evolutionary timescales.

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David Penney, David I. Green, and Simon B. Titchener "An Unusual Palaeobiocoenosis of Subfossil Spiders in Colombian Copal," Arachnology 15(7), 241-244, (1 January 2012). https://doi.org/10.13156/arac.2012.15.7.241

Published: 1 January 2012

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