Family Theraphosidae Thorell 1870 (tarantula)
PaleoDB taxon number: 257475
Synonyms: Aviculariidae Simon 1870 (no. 133849), Aviculariinae Simon 1870 (no. 382762)
Parent taxon: Avicularioidea according to W. C. Wheeler et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Barychelidae, Cretamygale, Ctenizidae, Cyrtaucheniidae, Dipluridae, Fossilcalcaridae, Halonoproctidae, Hexathelidae, Microstigmatidae, Migidae, Nemesiidae, Rosamygale
Subtaxa: Hemirraghus, Ischnocolinopsis, Selenocosmiinae
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