| Waeringoscorpio Temporal range: 411–408 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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| Life restoration of W. westerwaldensis | |
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| Type specimen of W. hefteri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Scorpiones |
| Family: | †Proscorpiidae |
| Genus: | †Waeringoscorpio Størmer, 1970 |
| Type species | |
| Waeringoscorpio hefteri Størmer, 1970 | |
Waeringoscorpio is a fossil genus of scorpions in the family Proscorpiidae. Species of this genus were discovered in Germany and lived during the Devonian period (411–408 Ma). Waeringoscorpio is the only known genus of scorpion to show gill-like features.
List of species
There are two accepted species:
- † Waeringoscorpio hefteri Størmer, 1970
- † Waeringoscorpio westerwaldensis Poschmann, Dunlop, Kamenz & Scholtz, 2008
References
- "✝Waeringoscorpio". mindat.org.
- Størmer L. (1970) Arthropods from the Lower Devonian (Lower Emsian) of Alken an der Mosel, Germany. Part 1: Arachnida, Senckenbergiana Lethaea 51 4, 335-369
- Markus Poschmann, Jason A Dunlop, Carsten Kamenz, Gerhard Scholtz (December 2008). "The Lower Devonian scorpion Waeringoscorpio and the respiratory nature of its filamentous structures, with the description of a new species from the Westerwald area, Germany".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Dunlop, J.A.; Penney, D.; Jekel, D. (2023), "A summary list of fossil spiders and their relatives, version 23.5" (PDF), World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-03-31
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| Waeringoscorpio | |