†Araripescorpius Campos 1986 (scorpion)
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Arachnida - Scorpiones - Chactidae
Full reference: D. R. B. Campos. 1986. Primeiro registro fóssil de Scorpionoidea da Chapada do Araripe (Cretáceo Inferior), Brasil. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 58:135-137
Parent taxon: Chactidae according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013
See also de Carvalho and Lourenço 2001 and Menon 2007
Sister taxon: Chactas
Subtaxa: Araripescorpius ligabuei
Type: Araripescorpius ligabuei
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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