Arachnida - Scorpiones - Buthidae

Full reference: W. R. Lourenço. 2025. Taxonomic names, in One more remarkable new genus and species of fossil scorpion from Burmese Cretaceous amber associated to the extant family Buthidae (Scorpiones: Buthoidea). Faunitaxys 13(35):1-6

Parent taxon: Buthidae according to W. R. Lourenço 2025

Sister taxa: Centruroides, Cretaceousbuthus, Microcharmus, Microtityus, Palaeoakentrobuthus, Palaeoananteris, Palaeogrosphus, Palaeoisometrus, Palaeolychas, Palaeoprotobuthus, Palaeospinobuthus, Palaeotityobuthus, Scorpio schweiggeri, Tityus, Tityus eogenus, Uintascorpio

Subtaxa: Palaeobutheolus andreschmidti

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Type: Palaeobutheolus andreschmidti

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (André Schmidt collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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