†Tityus apozonalli Riquelme et al. 2015 (scorpion)
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Arachnida - Scorpiones - Buthidae
Full reference: F. Riquelme, G. Villegas-Guzmán, and E. González-Santillán. 2015. Taxonomic names, in New fossil scorpion from the Chiapas amber lagerstätte. PLoS One 10(8):e0133396
Belongs to Tityus according to F. Riquelme et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Tityus (Brazilotityus), Tityus geratus
Type specimen: BL.MACH.18, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Mexican amber, Simojovel, Guadalupe Victoria (MACH collection), which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in Mexico.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Mexican amber, Simojovel, Guadalupe Victoria (MACH collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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