Palaeobuthus Petrunkevitch 1913 (scorpion)

Arachnida - Scorpiones - Palaeobuthidae

Synonym: Mazoniscorpio Wills 1960

Full reference: A. I. Petrunkevitch. 1913. A monograph of the terrestrial Palaeozoic Arachnida of North America. Transactions of the Connecticut Acadamy of Arts and Sciences 18:1-137

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

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

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Palaeobuthus distinctus

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Type: Palaeobuthus distinctus

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (3: Illinois collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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