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
Belongs to Protoischnurus according to M. G. P. de Carvalho et al. 2023
See also de Carvalho and Lourenço 2001, Dunlop et al. 2013 and Menon 2007
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MN-7601-I. Its type locality is Crato (MN-UFRJ collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (8 collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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