[Taxacom] faked fossil described as a giant spider

[Kenneth Kinman]

Hi all,
       Faked fossils are getting more common (especially from China), but the supposed giant spider actually got named in the literature:

http://news.ku.edu/2019/12/17/%E2%80%98jackalope%E2%80%99-ancient-spider-fossils-deemed-hoax-unmasked-crayfish

http://johnhawks.net/weblog/topics/paleonews/spider-forgery-paleontological-china-2019.html

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/336925980_The_supposed_giant_spider_Mongolarachne_chaoyangensis_from_the_Cretaceous_Yixian_Formation_of_China_is_a_crayfish


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