Arachnida - Scorpiones - Eoscorpiidae
Synonyms: Alloscorpius Petrunkevitch 1949, Europhthalmus Petrunkevitch 1949, Lichnophthalmus Petrunkevitch 1949, Trigonoscorpio Petrunkevitch 1913, Typhlopisthacanthus Petrunkevitch 1949, Typhloscorpius Petrunkevitch 1949
Full reference: F. B. Meek and A. H. Worthen. 1868. Preliminary notice of a scorpion, a Eurypterus? and other fossils from the Coal-measures of Illinois. The American Journal of Science and Arts, Second Series 46:19-28
Parent taxon: Eoscorpiidae according to M. Poschmann et al. 2016
See also Dunlop et al. 2013, Fierstine et al. 2012, Jordan and Gilbert 1919, Kjellesvig-Waering 1986, Petrunkevitch 1949 and Petrunkevitch 1953
Sister taxa: Eskiscorpio, Trachyscorpio
Subtaxa: Eoscorpius bornaensis Eoscorpius carbonarius Eoscorpius casei Eoscorpius distinctus Eoscorpius mucronatus Eoscorpius primaevus Eoscorpius pulcher Eoscorpius sparthensis
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (1: California collection)
• Permian of China (1), France (1)
• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Nova Scotia), France (1), Germany (2), the United Kingdom (7), United States (6: Illinois)
Total: 20 collections including 22 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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