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Weygoldtina
Extinct genus of whip scorpions / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with living tailless whip scorpion genus, Weygoldtia.
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]
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Weygoldtina Temporal range: Pennsylvanian (Duckmantian–Kasimovian) | |
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Fossil specimen of W. anglica | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Amblypygi |
Family: | †Weygoldtinidae |
Genus: | †Weygoldtina Dunlop, 2018 |
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