Where: England, United Kingdom (53.5° N, 1.5° W: paleocoordinates 0.2° N, 8.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Parkgate Coal Formation, Westphalian A (318.7 - 316.9 Ma)
• Coal Measures, Anthraconaia modiolaris zone
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, gray, green shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression
Reposited in the BGS
• Repository: Geological Survey Museum (now BGS)
Primary reference: L. J. Wills. 1959. The external anatomy of some Carboniferous "scorpions" part 1. Palaeontology 1:261-282 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 153554: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 27.12.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Arachnida | |
Eoscorpius mucronatus n. sp.
Eoscorpius mucronatus n. sp. Kjellesvig-Waering 1986 scorpion GSM PF 1392(1393) (formerly GSM Za.2842)
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