Dracochela
| Dracochela Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Pseudoscorpiones |
| Family: | † Schawaller, Shear & Bonamo, 1991 |
| Genus: | † 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. Its full name translates to “dragon claw who takes by surprise”
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, redescribed the type material and an addition palpal fragment.