Fossils
Very few jumping spider fossils have been found. Of those that are known, all are from Cenozoic era amber. The oldest fossils are from Baltic amber dating to the Eocene epoch, specifically, 54 to 42 Ma (million years ago). Other fossil jumping spiders have been found in Chiapas amber and Dominican amber.
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