Araripescorpius ligabuei Campos 1986 (scorpion)

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

Belongs to Araripescorpius according to F. Menon 2007

See also Campos 1986

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: DGM 6216-I, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Crato (DNPM collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Brazil (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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