Waeringoscorpio
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Scorpiones |
| Family: | †Proscorpiidae |
| Genus: | †Waeringoscorpio Størmer, 1970 |
| Type species | |
| Waeringoscorpio hefteri Størmer, 1970
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Labriscorpio | |
Waeringoscorpio is a fossil genus of scorpions in the family Proscorpiidae. Species of this genus were discovered in Germany and lived during the Devonian period (411–408 Ma).[2][3] Waeringoscorpio is the only known genus of scorpion to show gill-like features.[4]
List of species
[edit]There are three accepted species:
- † Waeringoscorpio alliedensis Leary, 1980
- † Waeringoscorpio hefteri Størmer, 1970
- † Waeringoscorpio westerwaldensis Poschmann, Dunlop, Kamenz & Scholtz, 2008
References
[edit]- ^ "✝Waeringoscorpio". paleobiodb.org.
- ^ "✝Waeringoscorpio". mindat.org.
- ^ Størmer L. (1970) Arthropods from the Lower Devonian (Lower Emsian) of Alken an der Mosel, Germany. Part 1: Arachnida, Senckenbergiana Lethaea 51 4, 335-369
- ^ Markus Poschmann, Jason A Dunlop, Carsten Kamenz, Gerhard Scholtz (December 2008). "The Lower Devonian scorpion Waeringoscorpio and the respiratory nature of its filamentous structures, with the description of a new species from the Westerwald area, Germany".
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