†Palaeobuthus distinctus Petrunkevitch 1913 (scorpion)
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Arachnida - Scorpiones - Palaeobuthidae
Synonym: Mazoniscorpio mazonensis Wills 1960
Full reference: A. I. Petrunkevitch. 1913. A monograph of the terrestrial Palaeozoic Arachnida of North America. Transactions of the Connecticut Acadamy of Arts and Sciences 18:1-137
Belongs to Palaeobuthus according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013
See also Kjellesvig-Waering 1986, Petrunkevitch 1913, Petrunkevitch 1949, Petrunkevitch 1953 and Wills 1960
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Palaeobuthus distinctus: YPM 133. Its type locality is Mazon Creek (YPM collection), which is in a Westphalian D deltaic mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois.
- Mazoniscorpio mazonensis: BU721, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Mazon Creek (Birmingham University collection), which is in a Westphalian D interdistributary bay shale in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (3: Illinois collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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