Dracochela

Dracochela
Temporal range: Givetian–Eifelian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Pseudoscorpiones
Family: †Dracochelidae
Schawaller, Shear & Bonamo, 1991
Genus: †Dracochela
Schawaller, Shear & Bonamo, 1991
Species:
†D. deprehendor
Binomial name
†Dracochela deprehendor
Schawaller, Shear & Bonamo, 1991

Dracochela is an extinct genus of stem group pseudoscorpions that lived in the Panther Mountain Formation of New York State during the Middle Devonian period. The genus contains a single species, Dracochela deprehendor.

It is known from fragments of the cuticle from nymphs. Its full name translates to “dragon claw who takes by surprise”.

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