†Tityus geratus Santiago-Blay and Poinar 1988 (scorpion)
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Arachnida - Scorpiones - Buthidae
Synonyms: Tityus (Brazilotityus) hartkorni Lourenço 2009, Tityus azari Lourenço 2013
Full reference: J. A. Santiago-Blay and G. O. Poinar. 1988. A fossil scorpion Tityus geratus new species (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from Dominican amber. Historical Biology 1:345-354
Belongs to Tityus according to R. Teruel 2017
See also Lourenço 2009, Lourenço 2013 and Santiago-Blay and Poinar 1988
Sister taxa: Tityus (Brazilotityus), Tityus apozonalli
Type specimens:
- Tityus geratus: Its type locality is Dominican amber, La Toca mine (Poinar coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the La Toca Formation of the Dominican Republic
- Tityus (Brazilotityus) hartkorni: Its type locality is Dominican amber (Hartkorn coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.
- Tityus azari: Its type locality is Dominican amber (Wunderlich collection), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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