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)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.