Megamonodontium

Megamonodontium
Temporal range: Miocene
Holotype specimen (AM F.145559)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Barychelidae
Genus: Megamonodontium
McCurry et al., 2023
Species:
M. mccluskyi
Binomial name
Megamonodontium mccluskyi
McCurry et al., 2023

Megamonodontium mccluskyi (Mygalomorphae: Barychelidae) is an extinct species of spider from the Miocene (16–11 million years ago). Its fossil was discovered in June 2020 in New South Wales, Australia, at McGraths Flat fossil site, by Dr Simon McClusky. It is the first fossil of the Barychelidae family ever found.