†family Palaeopisthacanthidae Kjellesvig-Waering 1986 (scorpion)

Arachnida - Scorpiones - Palaeopisthacanthidae

Full reference: E. N. Kjellesvig-Waering. 1986. A restudy of the fossil Scorpionida of the world. Palaeontographica Americana 55:1-287

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

See also Kjellesvig-Waering 1986

Sister taxa: Compsoscorpius, Protoischnuridae, Scorpionidae

Subtaxa: Cryptoscorpius Palaeopisthacanthus

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (3: Illinois, Kansas collections)

Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences

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