Superfamily Buthoidea Koch 1837 (scorpion)
Parent taxon: Orthosternina according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Chactoidea, Chaeriloidea, Corniops, Pseudochactida, Scorpionoidea, Suraju
Subtaxa: Ananteridae Archaeobuthidae Buthidae Palaeoburmesebuthidae Protobuthidae
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Madagascar (3 collections), Tanzania (1)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (4), Mexico (3)
• Eocene of Poland (1), the Russian Federation (8), Ukraine (1), United States (1: Colorado)
• Cretaceous of Lebanon (1), Myanmar (12)
• Triassic of France (1), Italy (1)
Total: 37 collections including 47 occurrences