†family Centromachidae Petrunkevitch 1953 (scorpion)
Arachnida - Scorpiones - Centromachidae
Synonyms: Anthracochaerilidae Kjellesvig-Waering 1986, Phoxiscorpionidae Kjellesvig-Waering 1986
Full reference: A. I. Petrunkevitch. 1953. Paleozoic and Mesozoic Arachnida of Europe. Geological Society of America Memoir 53:1-122
Parent taxon: Mesophonoidea according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013
See also Jeram 1994 and Kjellesvig-Waering 1986
Sister taxa: Gallioscorpionidae, Heloscorpionidae, Mazoniidae, Mesophonidae, Willsiscorpionidae
Subtaxa: Acanthracochaerilus Anthracochaerilus Centromachus Opsieobuthus Phoxiscorpio Pulmonoscorpius
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Permian of Germany (1 collection)
• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (5)
Total: 6 collections including 9 occurrences