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Extinct genus of arthropods This article is about the extinct chelicerate of indeterminate classification. For the genus of extant spiders, see Thrandina.

Thurandina
Temporal range: Devonian PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Arachnomorpha
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Clade: Euchelicerata (?)
Genus: Thurandina
Størmer, 1974
Type species
Thurandina waterstoni
Størmer, 1974

Thurandina is a Devonian genus from Alken, Germany. It was initially described by Leif Størmer as a chelicerate arthropod possibly belonging to the order Eurypterida. Nowadays, it is classified as incertae sedis inside Euchelicerata.

References

  1. Størmer 1974, pp. 413–414.
  2. Dunlop, Penney & Jekel 2020, p. 7.

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Taxon identifiers
Thurandina


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