Winneshiekia is an extinct genus of dekatriatan, a clade of chelicerate arthropods. Fossils of the single and type species, W. youngae, have been discovered in deposits of the Middle Ordovician period (Darriwilian epoch) in Iowa, in the United States. The name of the genus is derived from the Winneshiek Shale, the formation in which it was discovered. The species name youngae honors Jean N. Young, an American geologist who contributed greatly to the discovery of the Winneshiek Shale.[1]

Winneshiekia
Temporal range: Darriwilian, 467.3–458.4 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Clade: Planaterga
Clade: Dekatriata
Genus: Winneshiekia
Lamsdell et al., 2015
Type species
Winneshiekia youngae
Lamsdell et al., 2015

References

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  1. ^ Lamsdell, James C.; Briggs, Derek E. G.; Liu, Huaibao P.; Witzke, Brian J.; McKay, Robert M. (2015). "A new Ordovician arthropod from the Winneshiek Lagerstätte of Iowa (USA) reveals the ground plan of eurypterids and chasmataspidids". The Science of Nature. 102 (9–10): 63. Bibcode:2015SciNa.102...63L. doi:10.1007/s00114-015-1312-5. PMID 26391849. S2CID 8153035.