Palaeophonus Thorell and Lindström 1884 (scorpion)

Arachnida - Scorpiones - Palaeophonidae

Synonym: Allopalaeophonus Kjellesvig-Waering 1986

Full reference: T. Thorell and G. Lindström. 1884. Sur un Scorpion du terrain silurien de Suède. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences 99:984-985

Parent taxon: Allopalaeophonidae according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013

See also Dunlop and Garwood 2023, Kjellesvig-Waering 1986, Petrunkevitch 1949, Petrunkevitch 1953, Sepkoski 2002 and Thorell and Lindström 1885

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Palaeophonus caledonicus Palaeophonus nuncius Palaeophonus osborni

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Type: Palaeophonus nuncius

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Silurian of Sweden (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: New York)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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