Xenarachne

Xenarachne
Temporal range: Lower Devonian (Emsian)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Clade: Tetrapulmonata
Genus: Xenarachne
Dunlop & Poschmann, 1997
Type species
Xenarachne willwerathensis
Dunlop & Poschmann, 1997

Xenarachne is an enigmatic extinct genus of arachnid that lived in Germany during the Emsian stage of the lower Devonian period. This genus contains one species, Xenarachne willwerathensis. It was named by Dunlop & Poschmann in 1997.