†Palaeomachus anglicus Woodward 1876 (scorpion)
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Alternative combination: Eoscorpius anglicus
Full reference: H. Woodward. 1876. On the discovery of a fossil scorpion in the British Coal-measures. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 32:57-59
Belongs to Palaeomachus according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013
See also Fritsch 1904, Kjellesvig-Waering 1986, Petrunkevitch 1953, Pocock 1911 and Woodward 1876
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: BMNH I.944. Its type locality is Skegby New Colliery, near Mansfield, which is in a Westphalian deltaic shale in the United Kingdom.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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