Geralinura

Geralinura
Scientific classification
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

1. 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.
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.
3. "Geralinura Scudder, 1884". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-08-15.