†family Protoischnuridae de Carvalho and Lourenço 2001 (scorpion)

Arachnida - Scorpiones - Protoischnuridae

Full reference: M. G. P. de Carvalho and W. R. Lourenço. 2001. A new family of fossil scorpions from the Early Cretaceous of Brazil. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences Paris, Sciences de la Terre et des Planètes 332:711-716

Parent taxon: Scorpionoidea according to M. G. P. de Carvalho et al. 2023

See also de Carvalho and Lourenço 2001, Dunlop et al. 2013, Lourenço 2021 and Menon 2007

Sister taxa: Compsoscorpius, Palaeopisthacanthidae, Scorpionidae

Subtaxa: Cretaceoushormiops Cretaceousopisthacanthus Protoischnurus

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Type: Protoischnurus

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Brazil (8 collections), Myanmar (3)

Total: 11 collections including 12 occurrences

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