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, Molaria, Monoculus, Motina, Myriapoda, Naptile, Notchia, Occacaris, Odaraiida, Orstenocarida, Palaeophonus arctus, Panlongia, Paratrilobita, Parvancorinomorpha, 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, Radiodonta, Arachnomorpha, Siberion, Hadranax, Dinocarida, Deuteropoda, Megadictyon, Jianshanopodia, Artiopoda, Marrellomorpha, Proschizoramia
Subtaxa: Parioscorpio venator
Type: Parioscorpio venator
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Waukesha Lime and Stone Company quarry (Silurian of Wisconsin)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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