Thurandina

This article is about the extinct chelicerate of indeterminate classification. For the genus of extant spiders, see Thrandina.

Thurandina
Temporal range:
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Arachnomorpha
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Clade: Euchelicerata (?)
Genus: †
Størmer, 1974
Type species
†Thurandina waterstoni
Størmer, 1974

Thurandina is a Devonian genus from Alken, Germany. It was initially described by Leif Størmer as a chelicerate arthropod possibly belonging to the order Eurypterida.[1] Nowadays, it is classified as incertae sedis inside Euchelicerata.[2]

References

  1. ^ Størmer 1974, pp. 413–414.
  2. ^ Dunlop, Penney & Jekel 2020, p. 7.

Cited bibliography

  • Dunlop, Jason A.; Penney, D.; Jekel, D. (2020). "A summary list of fossil spiders and their relatives" (PDF). World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern.
  • Størmer, Leif (1974). "Arthropods from the Lower Devonian (Lower Emsian) of Alken an der Mosel, Germany. Part 4: Eurypterida, Drepanopteridae, and other groups". Senckenbergiana Lethaea. 54: 359–451.


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