Geralinura
| Geralinura Temporal range: Carboniferous
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| Geralinura carbonaria Scudder, 1844 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Uropygi |
| Family: | Thelyphonidae |
| Genus: | †Geralinura Scudder, 1884 |
| Type species | |
| Geralinura carbonaria Scudder, 1884[1]
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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.[2] 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.[3]
Species
The following is a list of all currently described species belonging to the genus Geralinura:[4][3]
- Geralinura brittanica Pocock, 1911[5]
- Geralinura carbonaria Scudder, 1884[6]
- Geralinura crassa Kušta, 1888[7]
- Geralinura noctua Kušta, 1888[7]
- Geralinura scudderi Kušta, 1888[7]
- Geralinura sutcliffei (Woodward, 1907)[8]
References
- ^ Scudder, Samuel H. (1884). "A Contribution to Our Knowledge of Paleozoic Arachnida". Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 20: 13–22. doi:10.2307/25138764. ISSN 0199-9818.
- ^ Knecht, Richard J; Benner, Jacob S; Dunlop, Jason A; Renczkowski, Mark D (2023-08-11). "The largest Palaeozoic whip scorpion and the smallest (Arachnida: Uropygi: Thelyphonida); a new species and a new ichnospecies from the Carboniferous of New England, USA". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 200 (3): 690–704. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad088. ISSN 0024-4082.
- ^ a b Tetlie, O. Erik; Dunlop, Jason A. (2008-03-01). "Geralinura carbonaria (Arachnida; Uropygi) from Mazon Creek, Illinois, USA, and the origin of subchelate pedipalps in whip scorpions". Journal of Paleontology. 82 (2): 299–312. Bibcode:2008JPal...82..299T. doi:10.1666/06-138.1. ISSN 0022-3360.
- ^ "Geralinura Scudder, 1884". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-08-15.
- ^ Pocock, Reginald Innes (1911-01-01). "A Monograph of the Terrestrial Carboniferous Arachnida of Great Britain". Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society. 64 (315): 1–84. doi:10.1080/02693445.1911.12035553. ISSN 0269-3445.
- ^ Scudder, Samuel H. (1884). "A Contribution to Our Knowledge of Paleozoic Arachnida". Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 20: 13–22. doi:10.2307/25138764. ISSN 0199-9818.
- ^ a b c Kusta, J (1884). "Thelyphonus bohemicus n. sp., ein fossiler Geißelskorpion aus der Steinkohlenformation von Rakonitz". Sitzungsberichte der König- lich-Böhmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaft, Mathematisch-Naturwis- senschaftliche Klasse: 186–191 – via JSTOR.
- ^ Woodward, Henry (1907). "V.—Further Notes nn the Arthropoda of the British Coal-Measures". Geological Magazine. 4 (12): 539–549. doi:10.1017/s0016756800134120. ISSN 0016-7568.