†Pareobuthus salopiensis Wills 1959 (scorpion)
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Arachnida - Scorpiones - Pareobuthidae
Full reference: L. J. Wills. 1959. The external anatomy of some Carboniferous "scorpions" part 1. Palaeontology 1:261-282
Belongs to Pareobuthus according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013
See also Kjellesvig-Waering 1986 and Wills 1959
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: GSM 87231, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Preesgweene colliery, Weston Rhyn, which is in a Westphalian B terrestrial siliciclastic in the United Kingdom.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Preesgweene colliery, Weston Rhyn
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