Waeringoscorpio Temporal range:
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Life restoration of W. westerwaldensis | |
Scientific 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
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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]
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