Dracochela

Dracochela
Temporal range: Givetian–Eifelian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Pseudoscorpiones
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 fossil stem group pseudoscorpions, containing the single species Dracochela deprehendor. It is known from cuticle fragments of nymphs found in the mid-Devonian (GivetianEifelian) Panther Mountain Formation of New York State. Dracochela signifies 'dragon claw".