Thurandina
Appearance
Thurandina Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Clade: | Arachnomorpha |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Clade: | Euchelicerata (?) |
Genus: | †Thurandina Størmer, 1974 |
Type species | |
†Thurandina waterstoni Størmer, 1974
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Thurandina is a Devonian genus from Alken, Germany. It was initially described by Leif Størmer as a chelicerate arthropod possibly belonging to the order Eurypterida.[1] Nowadays, it is classified as incertae sedis inside Euchelicerata.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Størmer 1974, pp. 413–414.
- ^ Dunlop, Penney & Jekel 2020, p. 7.
Cited bibliography
[edit]- Dunlop, Jason A.; Penney, D.; Jekel, D. (2020). "A summary list of fossil spiders and their relatives" (PDF). World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern.
- Størmer, Leif (1974). "Arthropods from the Lower Devonian (Lower Emsian) of Alken an der Mosel, Germany. Part 4: Eurypterida, Drepanopteridae, and other groups". Senckenbergiana Lethaea. 54: 359–451.