Dracochela
Extinct genus of pseudoscorpions
Dracochela Temporal range: Givetian–Eifelian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Pseudoscorpiones |
Family: | †Dracochelidae Schawaller, Shear & Bonamo, 1991 |
Genus: | †Dracochela Schawaller, Shear & Bonamo, 1991 |
Species: | †D. deprehendor |
Binomial name | |
†Dracochela deprehendor Schawaller, Shear & Bonamo, 1991 |
Dracochela is an extinct genus of fossil stem group pseudoscorpions, containing the single species Dracochela deprehendor. It is known from cuticle fragments of nymphs found in the mid-Devonian (Givetian–Eifelian) Panther Mountain Formation of New York State. Dracochela signifies 'dragon claw".
References
- Schawaller, Wolfgang; Shear, William A. & Bonamo, Patricia M. (1991): The first Paleozoic pseudoscorpions (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpionida). American Museum Novitates 3009. Abstract - PDF
- Judson, Mark L.I. (2012). "Reinterpretation of Dracochela deprehendor (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones) as a stem-group pseudoscorpion" Palaeontology, 55.2 (March 2012) pages 261–283, redescribes the type material and an addition palpal fragment.
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