Dracochela

Dracochela Temporal range:
Scientific 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 (Givetian–Eifelian) Panther Mountain Formation of New York State. Dracochela signifies 'dragon claw".

References

Schawaller, Wolfgang; Shear, William A. & Bonamo, Patricia M. (1991): The first Paleozoic pseudoscorpions (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpionida). American Museum Novitates 3009. Abstract - PDF
Judson, Mark L.I. (2012). "Reinterpretation of Dracochela deprehendor (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones) as a stem-group pseudoscorpion" Palaeontology, 55.2 (March 2012) pages 261–283, redescribes the type material and an addition palpal fragment.

Taxon identifiers
Dracochela	Wikidata: Q20672771 GBIF: 4663224 IRMNG: 1297069 Paleobiology Database: 281594 WAC: urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:be00b43d-8760-49c5-b567-a1fd321b4bb0
Dracochela deprehendor	Wikidata: Q3018967 GBIF: 6884802 IRMNG: 11671493 Paleobiology Database: 286653 Plazi: E98A72D4-7185-58F7-6922-090CE4D1CC30 WAC: urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:79df561b-3327-4b28-b142-9b7a8c4cfcd1 ZooBank: CC41EEDE-0619-445B-AAFA-D6A61A2F64CF
Dracochelidae	Wikidata: Q21044768 BioLib: 1048495 GBIF: 4666859 IRMNG: 103587 Open Tree of Life: 4705073 Paleobiology Database: 281593 WAC: urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:f18ce2c4-13e7-41b5-9351-f8cc975959ac

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