Fossils before living specimensSourced
The spiders were known as fossils first
Pelican spiders have elongated jaws and neck-like structures and prey on other spiders. European amber fossils made them known in the 1840s; living relatives were found in Madagascar in 1881.
The fossil family turned out to have living members.
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