Waeringoscorpio

Waeringoscorpio is a fossil genus of scorpions in the family Proscorpiidae. Species of this genus were discovered in Germany and lived during the Devonian period (411–408 Ma).^[1][2] Waeringoscorpio is the only known genus of scorpion to show gill-like features.^[3]

Waeringoscorpio Temporal range: 411–408 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Life restoration of W. westerwaldensis
Type specimen of W. hefteri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Scorpiones
Family:	†Proscorpiidae
Genus:	†Waeringoscorpio Størmer, 1970
Type species
Waeringoscorpio hefteri Størmer, 1970

List of species

There are two accepted species:^[4]

• † Waeringoscorpio hefteri Størmer, 1970
• † Waeringoscorpio westerwaldensis Poschmann, Dunlop, Kamenz & Scholtz, 2008