Waeringoscorpio hefteri Størmer 1970 (scorpion)

Arachnida - Scorpiones - Proscorpiidae

Full reference: L. Størmer. 1970. Arthropods from the Lower Devonian (Lower Emsian) of Alken an der Mosel, Germany. Part 1: Arachnida. Senckenbergiana Lethaea 51(4):335-369

Belongs to Waeringoscorpio according to M. Poschmann et al. 2008

See also Kjellesvig-Waering 1986 and Størmer 1970

Sister taxa: Labriscorpio alliedensis, Waeringoscorpio westerwaldensis

Type specimen: SMF VIII 31. Its type locality is Alken #3, Nellen Koepfchen Beds, Germany, which is in an Emsian lagoonal shale in Germany.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Devonian of Germany (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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