Arachnida - Scorpiones - Eoscorpiidae

Synonyms: Alloscorpius granulosus Petrunkevitch 1913, Eoscorpius granulosus Petrunkevitch 1913, Eoscorpius typicus Petrunkevitch 1913, Palaeopisthacanthus mazonensis Petrunkevitch 1913, Trigonoscorpio americanus Petrunkevitch 1913, Typhlopisthacanthus mazonensis Petrunkevitch 1913

Full reference: F. B. Meek and A. H. Worthen. 1868. Preliminary notice of a scorpion, a Eurypterus? and other fossils from the Coal-measures of Illinois. The American Journal of Science and Arts, Second Series 46:19-28

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

See also Dunlop et al. 2008, Fritsch 1904, Kjellesvig-Waering 1986, Meek and Worthen 1868, Meek and Worthen 1868, Petrunkevitch 1913, Petrunkevitch 1949 and Petrunkevitch 1953

Sister taxa: Eoscorpius bornaensis, Eoscorpius casei, Eoscorpius distinctus, Eoscorpius mucronatus, Eoscorpius primaevus, Eoscorpius pulcher, Eoscorpius sparthensis

Type specimens:

• Eoscorpius carbonarius: FMNH UC 8949, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Mazon Creek (University of Illinois collection), which is in a Westphalian D deltaic mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois.
• Eoscorpius granulosus: YPM 128. Its type locality is Mazon Creek (YPM collection), which is in a Westphalian D deltaic mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois.
• Eoscorpius typicus: USNM 37986. Its type locality is Mazon Creek, USNM Lacoe Collection, which is in a Westphalian D interdistributary bay mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois.
• Palaeopisthacanthus mazonensis: USNM 37977. Its type locality is Mazon Creek, USNM Lacoe Collection, which is in a Westphalian D interdistributary bay mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois.
• Trigonoscorpio americanus: UMMP 7224. Its type locality is Mazon Creek (Daniels collection), which is in a Westphalian D interdistributary bay mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois.

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