†Eoscorpius mucronatus Kjellesvig-Waering 1986 (scorpion)

Arachnida - Scorpiones - Eoscorpiidae

Synonym: Europhthalmus longimanus Petrunkevitch 1949

Full reference: E. N. Kjellesvig-Waering. 1986. A restudy of the fossil Scorpionida of the world. Palaeontographica Americana 55:1-287

Belongs to Eoscorpius according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013

See also Kjellesvig-Waering 1986, Petrunkevitch 1949 and Petrunkevitch 1953

Sister taxa: Eoscorpius bornaensis, Eoscorpius carbonarius, Eoscorpius casei, Eoscorpius distinctus, Eoscorpius primaevus, Eoscorpius pulcher, Eoscorpius sparthensis

Type specimens:

  • Eoscorpius mucronatus: GSM PF 1392. Its type locality is Dodworth, near Barnsley, which is in a Westphalian A terrestrial shale in the Parkgate Coal Formation of the United Kingdom.
  • Europhthalmus longimanus: BMNH In. 39766. Its type locality is Phoenix Brickworks, Crawcrook (BMNH coll), which is in a Westphalian B delta plain shale in the United Kingdom.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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