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Weygoldtina
| Weygoldtina Temporal range:
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| Fossil specimen of W. anglica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Amblypygi |
| Family: | †Weygoldtinidae |
| Genus: | †Weygoldtina Dunlop, 2018 |
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Weygoldtina is an extinct genus of tailless whip scorpion known from Carboniferous period, and the only known member of the family Weygoldtinidae.[1] It is known from two species described from North America and England and originally described in the genus Graeophonus,[2] which is now considered a nomen dubium.[1]
- ^ a b Dunlop, Jason A. (2018-03-01). "Systematics of the Coal Measures whip spiders (Arachnida: Amblypygi)". Zoologischer Anzeiger. In honor of Peter Weygoldt. 273: 14–22. doi:10.1016/j.jcz.2017.11.004. ISSN 0044-5231.
- ^ Garwood, Russell J.; Dunlop, Jason A.; Knecht, Brian J.; Hegna, Thomas A. (2017). "The phylogeny of fossil whip spiders". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 17 (1): 105. doi:10.1186/s12862-017-0931-1. ISSN 1471-2148. PMC 5399839. PMID 28431496.
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