Dracochela Temporal range: Devonian |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Pseudoscorpionida |
Superfamily: | Chthonioidea |
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 pseudoscorpions.
Dracochela deprehendor is a fossil stem group species of pseudoscorpion, though lacking a spinneret on the chelicera. It was found in a mid-Devonian (Givetian–Eifelian) stratum of New York State. Dracochela signifies 'dragon claw".