| Weinbergina Temporal range:
| |
|---|---|
| |
| Fossil of Weinbergina opitzi, Naturmuseum Senckenberg | |
| |
| Reconstruction | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Clade: | Euchelicerata |
| Genus: | †Weinbergina Richter & Richter, 1929 |
| Type species | |
| †Weinbergina opitzi Richter & Richter, 1929
| |
Weinbergina is a genus of synziphosurine,[1][2] a paraphyletic group of fossil chelicerate arthropods.[3][4] Fossils of the single and type species, W. opitzi, have been discovered in deposits of the Devonian period in the Hunsrück Slate, Germany.[2]
- ^ Stürmer, Wilhelm; Bergström, Jan (1981). "Weinbergina, a xiphosuran arthropod from the devonian hunsrück slate" (PDF). Paläontologische Zeitschrift (in German). 55 (3): 237–255. doi:10.1007/BF02988142. ISSN 0031-0220. S2CID 128408596.
- ^ a b Moore, Rachel A.; Briggs, Derek E. G.; Bartels, Christoph (2005). "A new specimen of Weinbergina opitzi (Chelicerata: Xiphosura) from the Lower Devonian Hunsriick Slate, Germany". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 79 (3): 399–408. doi:10.1007/BF02991931. ISSN 0031-0220. S2CID 84994966.
- ^ Lamsdell, James C. (2013). "Revised systematics of Palaeozoic 'horseshoe crabs' and the myth of monophyletic Xiphosura". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 167 (1): 1–27. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00874.x. ISSN 0024-4082.
- ^ Bicknell, Russell D. C.; Pates, Stephen (2020). "Pictorial Atlas of Fossil and Extant Horseshoe Crabs, With Focus on Xiphosurida". Frontiers in Earth Science. 8: 98. Bibcode:2020FrEaS...8...98B. doi:10.3389/feart.2020.00098. ISSN 2296-6463. S2CID 220405124.