Garnettius hungerfordi Elias 1937 (scorpion)

Arachnida - Scorpiones - Garnettiidae

Alternative combination: Mazonia hungerfordi

Full reference: M. K. Elias. 1937. A new scorpion from the Pennsylvanian Walchia beds near Garnett, Kansas. Journal of Paleontology 11:335-336

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

See also Elias 1936, Elias 1937, Kjellesvig-Waering 1986 and Petrunkevitch 1953

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USNM 125453, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is 6 miles northwest of Garnett, which is in a Kasimovian estuary/bay shale in the Stanton Formation of Kansas.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at 6 miles northwest of Garnett

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