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The fossil history of pseudoscorpions (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones)
Danilo Harms
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
University of Hamburg, Center of Natural History – Zoological Museum,
Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
Jason A. Dunlop
Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and
Biodiversity Science, Invalidenstrasse 43, 10115 Berlin, Germany
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Short summary
We review the fossil history of pseudoscorpions (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones), one of the oldest terrestrial lineages with
a fossil record that goes back to the Devonian. Pseudoscorpions do not fossilise easily, and records from the Mesozoic and
Cenozoic consist almost exclusively of amber inclusions. Overall, 16 of the 26 recent families have been documented from
fossils. This is a group of evolutionary stasis and we discuss aspects of palaeobiology, preservation, and ecology.
We review the fossil history of pseudoscorpions (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones), one of the oldest...