Biggest Spider Fossils Found

the largest spider fossils found in Mongolia. Spider fossils 165 million years old has a foot 15 inches long. This fossil was found in perfect form so that the scientists have no doubt that this fossil giant spider with female sex.

The spider Nephila known Jurassica, fossil buried by volcanic ash. Jumbo spider is probably the ancestor of spider orb-weavers or Nephila.

Animals that live in tropical and subtropical climates are able to prey on birds or bats. They capture prey by using nets that glisten like gold when exposed to sunlight.

Professor Paul Selden, a paleontologist at the Kansas University, said the spider's body is female feet 6 inches by 15 inches long. "With these findings, we can examine the evolution of insects and spiders," said Selden as quoted by LiveScience.

According to Selden, the discovery of fossil spiders are very valuable. "We estimate at that time a lot of insects that fly with a great body," he said. The findings of a giant spider fossil was published in detail in the journal Biology Letters on 20 April 2011.

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