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).[1][2] Waeringoscorpio is the only known genus of scorpion to show gill-like features.[3]

Waeringoscorpio
Temporal range: 411–408 Ma
Life restoration of W. westerwaldensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Scorpiones
Family: Proscorpiidae
Genus: Waeringoscorpio
Størmer, 1970
Type species
Waeringoscorpio hefteri
Størmer, 1970

List of species

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There are two accepted species:[4]

References

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  1. ^ "✝Waeringoscorpio". mindat.org.
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ 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)
  4. ^ 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