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Paracharontidae is an
arachnid Arachnids are arthropods in the Class (biology), class Arachnida () of the subphylum Chelicerata. Arachnida includes, among others, spiders, scorpions, ticks, mites, pseudoscorpions, opiliones, harvestmen, Solifugae, camel spiders, Amblypygi, wh ...
family within the order Amblypygi (tailless whip scorpions). Paracharontidae and the extinct Weygoldtinidae from the
Carboniferous The Carboniferous ( ) is a Geologic time scale, geologic period and System (stratigraphy), system of the Paleozoic era (geology), era that spans 60 million years, from the end of the Devonian Period Ma (million years ago) to the beginning of the ...
form the suborder Paleoamblypygi, the sister group to the remaining Amblypygi. The family contains two genera: '' Paracharon'', containing the single species ''Paracharon caecus'' Hansen, 1921 from
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in West Africa, and '' Jorottui'' with the single species ''Jorottui ipuanai'' from
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in northern South America. '' Paracharonopsis'' from the
Eocene The Eocene ( ) is a geological epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (Ma). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period (geology), Period in the modern Cenozoic Era (geology), Era. The name ''Eocene'' comes ...
(
Ypresian In the geologic timescale the Ypresian is the oldest age (geology), age or lowest stage (stratigraphy), stratigraphic stage of the Eocene. It spans the time between , is preceded by the Thanetian Age (part of the Paleocene) and is followed by th ...
) aged Cambay amber of India was initially assigned to this family but this was later questioned and it has since been reassigned to Euamblypygi. Both living species are troglobites, having no eyes, with ''P. caecus'' living in termite nests, while ''J. ipuanai'' inhabits caves.


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{{Taxonbar, from=Q2034435 Amblypygi Arachnid families