Arachnida - Scorpiones - Eoscorpiidae
Alternative combination: Typhloscorpius distinctus
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 and Petrunkevitch 1953
Sister taxa: Eoscorpius bornaensis, Eoscorpius carbonarius, Eoscorpius casei, Eoscorpius mucronatus, Eoscorpius primaevus, Eoscorpius pulcher, Eoscorpius sparthensis
Type specimen: BMNH In. 13909. Its type locality is Coseley, near Dudley (Neil coll), which is in a Westphalian B interdistributary bay siliciclastic 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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