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Dracochela Temporal range: Devonian |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Pseudoscorpionida |
| Superfamily: | Chthonioidea |
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Dracochelidae Schawaller, Shear & Bonamo, 1991 |
| Genus: |
Dracochela Schawaller, Shear & Bonamo, 1991 |
| Species: | D. deprehendor |
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Dracochela deprehendor Schawaller, Shear & Bonamo, 1991 |
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Dracochela is an extinct genus of pseudoscorpions.
Dracochela deprehendor is a fossil stem group species of pseudoscorpion, though lacking a spinneret on the chelicera. It was found in a mid-Devonian (Givetian–Eifelian) stratum of New York State. Dracochela signifies 'dragon claw".