#  Prof. Giribet Discovers New Extinct Family of Harvestmen 

 





February 03, 2016

 

 

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[Prof. Giribet](http://hwpi.harvard.edu/oeb/people/gonzalo-giribet-giribet-gonzalo)'s [discovery](http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00114-016-1337-4) of two 99 million year-old daddy longlegs, enshrined in Burmese amber, not only helps explain the penis morphology of the harvestman, it also confirms a new extinct family of harvestmen. Full Story [here](http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/01/ancient-arachnid-erection-enshrined-amber) and [here](http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/02/160201-arachnids-harvestman-penis-amber-fossil-animals-science/).



 

 

 



 

 

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