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Isobuthus pottsvillensis
Taxonomy
Eobuthus pottsvillensis was named by Moore (1923). Its type specimen is FMNH UC 37984 and is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Strip pit east of Clay City, which is in a Westphalian A/Westphalian B terrestrial shale in the Pottsville Formation of Indiana.
It was recombined as Isobuthus pottsvillensis by Petrunkevitch (1953); it was recombined as Opsieobuthus pottsvillensis by Kjellesvig-Waering (1986), Jeram (1994) and Dunlop et al. (2013).
It was recombined as Isobuthus pottsvillensis by Petrunkevitch (1953); it was recombined as Opsieobuthus pottsvillensis by Kjellesvig-Waering (1986), Jeram (1994) and Dunlop et al. (2013).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1923 | Eobuthus pottsvillensis Moore p. 131 figs. Pl 2, figs 1-4 |
| 1949 | Eobuthus pottsvillensis Petrunkevitch p. 137 |
| 1953 | Isobuthus pottsvillensis Petrunkevitch p. 22 |
| 1986 | Opsieobuthus pottsvillensis Kjellesvig-Waering p. 214 figs. 31A, 95, 112E |
| 1994 | Opsieobuthus pottsvillensis Jeram p. 295 |
| 2013 | Opsieobuthus pottsvillensis Dunlop et al. p. 35 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Isobuthus pottsvillensis Moore 1923
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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Age range: base of the Westphalian A to the top of the Westphalian B or 318.70000 to 314.60000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Westphalian A - Westphalian B | USA (Indiana) | Eobuthus pottsvillensis (type locality: 153563) |