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Spider Fossil Preserved Surprisingly Well After 165 Million Years

First Posted: 04/11/10 06:12 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 04:30 PM ET

Spider Fossil

wired.com:

Scientists have unearthed an almost perfectly preserved spider fossil in China dating back to the middle Jurassic era, 165 million years ago. The fossilized spiders, Eoplectreurys gertschi, are older than the only two other specimens known by around 120 million years.

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