†Palaeophonus osborni Whitfield 1885 (scorpion)
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Arachnida - Scorpiones - Palaeophonidae
Full reference: R. P. Whitfield. 1885. An American Silurian scorpion. Science 6:87-88
Belongs to Palaeophonus according to A. I. Petrunkevitch 1949
See also Dunlop et al. 2013, Dunlop et al. 2008, Fritsch 1904, Kjellesvig-Waering 1966, Kjellesvig-Waering 1986, Petrunkevitch 1953 and Whitfield 1885
Sister taxa: Palaeophonus caledonicus, Palaeophonus nuncius
Type specimen: AMNH 2257, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Forge Hollow, Waterville, which is in a Pridoli lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Fiddlers Green Formation of New York.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Forge Hollow, Waterville
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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