Dracochela

Dracochela Temporal range: Givetian–Eifelian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
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

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. Its full name translates to “dragon claw who takes by surprise”

References

• Schawaller, Wolfgang; Shear, William A. & Bonamo, Patricia M. (1991): The first Paleozoic pseudoscorpions (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpionida). American Museum Novitates 3009. Abstract - PDF
• Judson, Mark L.I. (2012). "Reinterpretation of Dracochela deprehendor (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones) as a stem-group pseudoscorpion" Palaeontology, 55.2 (March 2012) pages 261–283, redescribes the type material and an addition palpal fragment.