Geralinura

Last updated

Geralinura
Temporal range: Carboniferous
Geralinura carbonaria reverse fig 22.png
Geralinura carbonaria Scudder, 1844
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Uropygi
Family: Thelyphonidae
Genus:† Geralinura
Scudder, 1884
Type species
Geralinura carbonaria
Scudder, 1884 [1]

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]


References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. 1 2 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.
  4. ↑ "Geralinura Scudder, 1884". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-08-15.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. 1 2 3 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.
  8. ↑ 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.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.