Rare Spider Fossil Found in Australia—And It’s Five Times Bigger Than Its Modern Cousins! - Commonwealth Union

Rare Spider Fossil Found in Australia—And It’s Five Times Bigger Than Its Modern Cousins! - Commonwealth Union

A remarkable paleontological discovery in New South Wales, Australia, has unveiled the fossilised remains of a giant trapdoor spider, offering new insights into the evolutionary history of arachnids on the continent. The newly identified species, named Megamonodontium mccluskyi, is believed to have lived during the Miocene epoch, approximately 11 to 16 million years ago. This finding marks only the fourth spider fossil ever discovered in Austral…