Large Arachnid in Burmese Amber

This is an extraordinary piece, the hairs,claws and fangs of this spider are all visible in the amber. in the thousands of pieces of Burmese amber i have sorted, cut and polished this is one of the most unique.

Age: 100 million years ago, during the latest Albian to earliest Cenomanian ages of the mid-Cretaceous period

Found: Hukawng Valley, northern Myanmar

Species: large arachnid, possible tarantula species

Size: whole piece is 2.36cm long.The spider is just over 1cm long

Pictures may make item look bigger. Macro photography was used.

Burmese Amber is of significant palaeontologist interest due to the diversity of flora and fauna contained as inclusions, particularly arthropods including insects and arachnids but also birds, lizards, snakes, frogs and fragmentary dinosaur remains.

Disclaimer: I am not a paleoentomologist, and each species given to the bugs in amber may not be correct.