Chaerilidae

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Chaerilidae
Temporal range: Cenomanian–present
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Scorpiones
Family: Chaerilidae
Pocock, 1893
Genera

Chaerilidae is a family of scorpions. [1] [2] It contains two genera, the extant Chaerilus (Simon, 1877) [3] and the extinct Electrochaerilus (Santiago-Blay, Fet, Soleglad & Anderson, 2004). [4]

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References

  1. "CHAERILIDAE Pocock, 1893". The Scorpion Files.
  2. "Chaerilidae". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  3. "Chaerilus". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  4. "Electrochaerilus". Fossilworks . Retrieved 5 October 2021from the Paleobiology Database.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)