Palaeomachus Pocock 1911 (scorpion)

Arachnida - Scorpiones

Full reference: R. I. Pocock. 1911. A Monograph of the Terrestrial Carboniferous Arachnida of Great Britain 1-84

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

See also Kjellesvig-Waering 1986, Petrunkevitch 1949 and Petrunkevitch 1953

Sister taxa: Allopalaeophonoidea, Archaeoctonoidea, Bilobosternina, Branchioscorpionina, Brontoscorpio, Chaerilobuthidae, Eramoscorpius, Gondwanascorpio, Gymnoscorpius, Holosternina, Hubeiscorpio, Liassoscorpionidae, Liassoscorpionides, Lobosternina, Meristosternina, Mesoscorpionina, Orthosternina, Palaeophonus lightbodyi, Palaeotrilineatidae, Permomatveevia, Proscorpiidae, Titanoscorpio, Wattisonia

Subtaxa: Palaeomachus anglicus

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Type: Eoscorpius anglicus

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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