†family Protochactidae Lourenço et al. 2022 (scorpion)

Arachnida - Scorpiones - Protochactidae

Full reference: W. R. Lourenço, F. Magnani, and R. Stockar. 2022. Taxonomic names, in A new family, genus and species of fossil scorpion from the Meride Limestone (Middle Triassic) of Monte San Giorgio (Switzerland). Faunitaxys 10(24):1-7

Parent taxon: Chactoidea according to W. R. Lourenço et al. 2022

Sister taxa: Chactidae, Euscorpiidae, Hemiscorpiidae, Palaeoeuscorpiidae

Subtaxa: Protochactas

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Type: Protochactas

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Acqua del Ghiffo, level 350 (Triassic of Switzerland)

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