Waeringoscorpio westerwaldensis Poschmann et al. 2008 (scorpion)

Arachnida - Scorpiones - Proscorpiidae

Full reference: M. Poschmann, J. A. Dunlop, C. Kamenz and G. Scholtz. 2008. The Lower Devonian scorpion Waeringoscorpio and the respirstory nature of its filamentous structures, with the description of a new species from the Westerwald area, Germany. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 82:418-436

Belongs to Waeringoscorpio according to M. Poschmann et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Labriscorpio alliedensis, Waeringoscorpio hefteri

Type specimen: PWL2007/5000. Its type locality is Güllesheimer Bach, Bürdenbach, Westerwald (Mainz collection), which is in a Pragian estuary/bay siltstone in Germany.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Devonian of Germany (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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