Palaeophonus caledonicus Hunter 1886

Arachnida - Scorpiones - Palaeophonidae

Alternative combination: Allopalaeophonus caledonicus

Synonym: Palaeophonus hunteri Pocock 1901 [objective synonym]

Full reference: J. R. S. Hunter. 1886. Notes on the discovery of a fossil scorpion (Palaeophonus caledonicus) in the Silurian strata of Logan Water. Transactions of the Geological Society of Glasgow 8:169-170

Belongs to Palaeophonus according to J. A. Dunlop and R. J. Garwood 2023

See also Dunlop et al. 2013, Fritsch 1904, Hunter 1886, Kjellesvig-Waering 1986, Petrunkevitch 1949, Petrunkevitch 1953 and Pocock 1901

Sister taxa: Palaeophonus nuncius, Palaeophonus osborni

Distribution: found only at Dunside, Logan Water (Silurian of the United Kingdom)

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