Biology:Geralinura

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Geralinura
A monograph of the terrestrial Palaeozoic Arachnida of North America photos 23-29 25.png
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Uropygi
Family: Thelyphonidae
Genus: Geralinura
Scudder, 1884

Geralinura is an extinct genus in the family Thelyphonidae, commonly known as whip scorpions. Fossil evidence found in the midwestern United States and the United Kingdom indicates that this genus lived during the mid-to-late Carboniferous period.[1] Unlike the subchelate pedipalps of modern whip scorpions, the pedipalps of Geralinura are spiked and non-chelate, suggesting that the modern trait evolved at a later point in time.[2]

Species

The following is a list of all currently described species belonging to the genus Geralinura:[3]

  • Geralinura brittanica (Pocock, 1911)
  • Geralinura carbonaria (Scudder, 1884)
  • Geralinura crassa (Kušta, 1888)
  • Geralinura gigantea (Petrunkevitch, 1913)
  • Geralinura noctua (Kušta, 1888)
  • Geralinura scudderi (Kušta, 1888)
  • Geralinura similis (Petrunkevitch, 1913)
  • Geralinura sutcliffei (Woodward, 1907)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3103923 entry