Family Buthidae Koch 1837 (scorpion)
Arachnida - Scorpiones - Buthidae
Synonym: Microcharmidae Lourenco 1996
Parent taxon: Buthoidea according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Archaeobuthidae, Palaeoburmesebuthidae, Protobuthidae
Subtaxa: Centruroides Cretaceousbuthus Microcharmus Microtityus Palaeoakentrobuthus Palaeoananteris Palaeogrosphus Palaeoisometrus Palaeolychas Palaeoprotobuthus Palaeospinobuthus Palaeotityobuthus Scorpio schweiggeri Tityus Tityus eogenus Uintascorpio
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Madagascar (4 collections)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (4), Mexico (2)
• Eocene of Poland (1), the Russian Federation (8), Ukraine (1), United States (1: Colorado)
• Cretaceous of Myanmar (2)
Total: 23 collections including 25 occurrences