| Taxon | Waeringoscorpio |
|---|---|
| Authority | Størmer, 1970 |
| Type species | Waeringoscorpio hefteri |
| Type species authority | Størmer, 1970 |
| Subdivision ranks | Species |
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).[1][2] Waeringoscorpio is the only known genus of scorpion to show gill-like features.[3]
List of species
There are two accepted species:[4]
- Waeringoscorpio hefteri Størmer, 1970
- Waeringoscorpio westerwaldensis Poschmann, Dunlop, Kamenz & Scholtz, 2008
References
- ^ "✝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"
- ^ Dunlop, J.A.; Penney, D.; Jekel, D. (2023), "A summary list of fossil spiders and their relatives, version 23.5", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-03-31