Dolichophonus loudonensis Laurie 1899

Arachnida - Scorpiones - Dolichophoniidae

Alternative combination: Palaeophonus loudonensis

Full reference: M. Laurie. 1899. On a Silurian scorpion and some additional eurypterid remains from the Pentland Hills. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 39:575-590

Belongs to Dolichophonus according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013

See also Fritsch 1904, Kjellesvig-Waering 1986, Laurie 1899, Petrunkevitch 1949 and Petrunkevitch 1953

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: RSM 1897.32.196. Its type locality is Gutterford Burn Eurypterid bed, Pentland Hills, which is in a Telychian offshore sandstone in the Reservoir Formation of the United Kingdom.

Distribution: found only at Gutterford Burn Eurypterid bed, Pentland Hills

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