Dracochela
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".
| Dracochela Temporal range: | |
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| 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 | |
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