Myriapoda - Euphoberiida - Euphoberiidae
Alternative combination: Euphoberia major
Full reference: F. B. Meek and A. H. Worthen. 1868. Preliminary notice of a scorpion, a Eurypterus? and other fossils from the Coal-measures of Illinois. The American Journal of Science and Arts, Second Series 46:19-28
Belongs to Acantherpestes according to S. H. Scudder 1890
See also Meek and Worthen 1868, Meek and Worthen 1868 and Scudder 1882
Sister taxa: Acantherpestes foveolatus, Acantherpestes gigas, Acantherpestes inequalis, Acantherpestes ornatus, Acantherpestes vicinus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Mazon Creek (University of Illinois collection), which is in a Westphalian D deltaic mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (6: Illinois collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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