Dracochela

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 (GivetianEifelian) Panther Mountain Formation of New York State. Dracochela signifies 'dragon claw".

Dracochela
Temporal range: Devonian
Scientific classification
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Dracochelidae

Schawaller, Shear & Bonamo, 1991
Genus:
Dracochela

Schawaller, Shear & Bonamo, 1991
Species:
D. deprehendor
Binomial name
Dracochela deprehendor
Schawaller, Shear & Bonamo, 1991

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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