Waeringoscorpio Explained

Waeringoscorpio is a fossil genus of scorpions in the family Proscorpiidae. Species of this genus were discovered in Germany and lived during the Devonian period (411–408 Ma).^{[1] [2]} Waeringoscorpio is the only known genus of scorpion to show gill-like features.^[3]

List of species

There are two accepted species:

• Waeringoscorpio hefteri Størmer, 1970
• Waeringoscorpio westerwaldensis Poschmann, Dunlop, Kamenz & Scholtz, 2008

Notes and References

1. Web site: ✝Waeringoscorpio . mindat.org.
2. Størmer L. (1970) Arthropods from the Lower Devonian (Lower Emsian) of Alken an der Mosel, Germany. Part 1: Arachnida, Senckenbergiana Lethaea 51 4, 335-369
3. Web site: Markus Poschmann, Jason A Dunlop, Carsten Kamenz, Gerhard Scholtz . December 2008 . The Lower Devonian scorpion Waeringoscorpio and the respiratory nature of its filamentous structures, with the description of a new species from the Westerwald area, Germany .