Arachnida - Scorpiones - Eoscorpiidae
Alternative combination: Lichnophthalmus pulcher
Full reference: A. I. Petrunkevitch. 1949. A study of the structure classification and relationships of the Palaeozoic Arachnida based on the collections of the British Museum. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 37:69-315
Belongs to Eoscorpius according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013
See also Kjellesvig-Waering 1986, Petrunkevitch 1949, Petrunkevitch 1953 and Wills 1959
Sister taxa: Eoscorpius bornaensis, Eoscorpius carbonarius, Eoscorpius casei, Eoscorpius distinctus, Eoscorpius mucronatus, Eoscorpius primaevus, Eoscorpius sparthensis
Type specimen: BMNH In. 39772. Its type locality is Phoenix Brickworks, Crawcrook (BMNH coll), which is in a Westphalian B delta plain shale in the United Kingdom.
Distribution: found only at Phoenix Brickworks, Crawcrook (BMNH coll)
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