Waeringoscorpio Størmer 1970 (scorpion)

Arachnida - Scorpiones - Proscorpiidae

Alternative spellings: Labriscorpio, Waeringscorpii

Full reference: L. Størmer. 1970. Arthropods from the Lower Devonian (Lower Emsian) of Alken an der Mosel, Germany. Part 1: Arachnida. Senckenbergiana Lethaea 51(4):335-369

Parent taxon: Proscorpiidae according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013

See also Kjellesvig-Waering 1986, Nikolajev and Ren 2010, Poschmann et al. 2008, Sepkoski 2002 and Størmer 1970

Sister taxa: Archaeoctonus, Hydroscorpius, Pseudarchaeoctonus

Subtaxa: Labriscorpio alliedensis Waeringoscorpio hefteri Waeringoscorpio westerwaldensis

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Type: Labriscorpio alliedensis

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (1: Illinois collection)

• Devonian of Germany (6)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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