†Mesophonus perornatus Wills 1910 (scorpion)
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Arachnida - Scorpiones - Mesophonidae
Synonym: Mesophonus opisthophthalmus Wills 1947
Full reference: L. J. Wills. 1910. On the fossiliferous lower Keuper rocks of Worcestershire, with descriptions of some of the plants and animals discovered therein. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 21:249-331
Belongs to Mesophonus according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013
See also Kjellesvig-Waering 1986, Petrunkevitch 1953 and Wills 1910
Sister taxon: Mesophonus pulcherrimus
Type specimens:
- Mesophonus perornatus: SM Wills 206. Its type locality is Bromsgrove Quarry, which is in an Anisian pond shale in the Bromsgrove Sandstone Formation of the United Kingdom.
- Mesophonus opisthophthalmus: Its type locality is Bromsgrove Quarry, which is in an Anisian pond shale in the Bromsgrove Sandstone Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Bromsgrove Quarry
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