Palaeospinobuthus Lourenço et al. 2005 (scorpion)

Arachnida - Scorpiones - Buthidae

Full reference: W. R. Lourenço, H. Henderickx, and W. Weitschat. 2005. A new genus and species of fossil scorpion from Baltic amber (Scorpiones, Buthidae). Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut der Universität Hamburg 89:159-166

Parent taxon: Buthidae according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013

See also Lourenço et al. 2005

Sister taxa: Centruroides, Cretaceousbuthus, Microcharmus, Microtityus, Palaeoakentrobuthus, Palaeoananteris, Palaeobutheolus, Palaeogrosphus, Palaeoisometrus, Palaeolychas, Palaeoprotobuthus, Palaeotityobuthus, Scorpio schweiggeri, Tityus, Tityus eogenus, Uintascorpio

Subtaxa: Palaeospinobuthus cenozoicus

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Type: Palaeospinobuthus cenozoicus

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber (Henderickx collection) (Eocene of Russian Federation)

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