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).Størmer L. (1970) Arthropods from the Lower Devonian (Lower Emsian) of Alken an der Mosel, Germany. Part 1: Arachnida, Senckenbergiana Lethaea 51 4, 335-369 Waeringoscorpio is the only known genus of scorpion to show gill-like features.
List of species There are two accepted species: Waeringoscorpio hefteri Størmer, 1970 Waeringoscorpio westerwaldensis Poschmann, Dunlop, Kamenz & Scholtz, 2008
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