Parioscorpio Wendruff et al. 2020 (arthropod)

Parioscorpio

Full reference: A. J. Wendruff, L. E. Babcock, C. S. Wirkner, J. Kluessendorf, and D. G. Mikulic. 2020. A Silurian ancestral scorpion with fossilised internal anatomy illustrating a pathway to arachnid terrestrialisation. Scientific Reports 10(14)

Parent taxon: Arthropoda according to E. P. Anderson et al. 2021

See also Wendruff et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Actaeus, Agonata, Almenia, Aptera, Arachnoidea, Blattina splendens, Bradoriida, Branchiata, Bundenbachiellus, Burgessia, Clypecaris, Cryptocaris, Dalmaniopsis, Devonopilio, Devonopilio hutchinsoni, Dicerocaris, Dinopilio parvus, Dongshanocaris, Douglasocaris, Emeiella, Ercaia, Esmeraldacaris, Euthycarcinoidea, Forfexicaris, Gaoqiaioella, Geracus, Geracus tubifer, Gigantopleurida, Goticaris, Graeophonus, Guangweicarididae, Habelia, Hanburia, Henningsmoenicaris, Hexapoda, Huangshandongia, Jianfengia, Jiucunella, Kablikia, Kampecaris obanensis, Kleptothule, Kounicia, Liantuoia, Libellula carbonaria, Longquania, Marrelomorpha, Meristosoma, Merostomoidea, Monoculus, Motina, Myriapoda, Naptile, Notchia, Occacaris, Odaraiida, Orstenocarida, Palaeophonus arctus, Panlongia, Paratrilobita, Parvancorinomorpha, Parvibellus, Pauloterminus, Pedestria, Pisinnocaris, Platicytes, Plenocaris, Pleurolycosa, Pleurolycosa prolifera, Poliochera pustulatus, Priscansermarinus, Proricaris, Protocaris, Pseudarthron, Pseudoiulia, Pycnogonida, Pygmaclypeatus, Rhombicalvaria, Rhynimonstrum, Schizodiscus, Scorpionida, Serracaris, Shankouia, Skaracarida, Synistata, Tanglangia, Tuzoida, Unogata, Utahcaris, Walossekia, Zagoracaris, Proschizoramia, Arachnomorpha, Deuteropoda, Dinocarida, Megadictyon, Radiodonta, Youti, Artiopoda, Hadranax, Siberion, Marrellomorpha

Subtaxa: Parioscorpio venator

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Type: Parioscorpio venator

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Waukesha Lime and Stone Company quarry (Silurian of Wisconsin)

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