Thurandina

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

Thurandina Temporal range: Devonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific 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.^[1] Nowadays, it is classified as incertae sedis inside Euchelicerata.^[2]

References

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

Cited bibliography

• Dunlop, Jason A.; Penney, D.; Jekel, D. (2020). "A summary list of fossil spiders and their relatives" (PDF). World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern.
• Størmer, Leif (1974). "Arthropods from the Lower Devonian (Lower Emsian) of Alken an der Mosel, Germany. Part 4: Eurypterida, Drepanopteridae, and other groups". Senckenbergiana Lethaea. 54: 359–451.