Weygoldtina

Not to be confused with living tailless whip scorpion genus, Weygoldtia.

Weygoldtina
Fossil specimen of W. anglica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Amblypygi
Family: †Weygoldtinidae
Genus: †Weygoldtina
Dunlop, 2018
Species
  • Weygoldtina anglica Pocock, 1911
  • Weygoldtina scudderi Pocock, 1911
Synonyms
  • Graeophonus anglicus Pocock, 1911
  • Graeophonus scudderi Pocock, 1911

Weygoldtina is an extinct genus of tailless whip scorpion known from Carboniferous period, and the only known member of the family Weygoldtinidae.[1] It is known from two species described from North America and England and originally described in the genus Graeophonus,[2] which is now considered a nomen dubium.[1]

  1. ^ a b Dunlop, Jason A. (2018-03-01). "Systematics of the Coal Measures whip spiders (Arachnida: Amblypygi)". Zoologischer Anzeiger. In honor of Peter Weygoldt. 273: 14–22. doi:10.1016/j.jcz.2017.11.004. ISSN 0044-5231.
  2. ^ Garwood, Russell J.; Dunlop, Jason A.; Knecht, Brian J.; Hegna, Thomas A. (2017). "The phylogeny of fossil whip spiders". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 17 (1): 105. doi:10.1186/s12862-017-0931-1. ISSN 1471-2148. PMC 5399839. PMID 28431496.