†Buthiscorpius lemayi Kjellesvig-Waering 1986 (scorpion)
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Arachnida - Scorpiones - Buthiscorpiidae
Full reference: E. N. Kjellesvig-Waering. 1986. A restudy of the fossil Scorpionida of the world. Palaeontographica Americana 55:1-287
Belongs to Buthiscorpius according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013
See also Kjellesvig-Waering 1986
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: FMNH PE 21600, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Pit 6, Coal City, Mazon Creek (FMNH coll), which is in a Westphalian D deltaic mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Pit 6, Coal City, Mazon Creek (FMNH coll)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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