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Eoscorpius

Arachnida - Scorpiones - Eoscorpiidae

Taxonomy

Eoscorpius was named by Meek and Worthen (1868).

It was assigned to Cottidae by Jordan and Gilbert (1919); to Eoscorpionidae by Petrunkevitch (1949), Petrunkevitch (1953); to Anoplopomatidae by Fierstine et al. (2012); and to Eoscorpiidae by Kjellesvig-Waering (1986), Dunlop et al. (2013), Poschmann et al. (2016).

Species

E. bornaensis, E. carbonarius (syn. E. granulosus, Trigonoscorpio americanus, E. typicus, Palaeopisthacanthus mazonensis), E. casei, E. distinctus, E. mucronatus (syn. Europhthalmus longimanus), E. primaevus, E. pulcher, E. sparthensis

Synonyms

Trigonoscorpio was named by Petrunkevitch (1913). Its type is Trigonoscorpio americanus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Eoscorpius by Kjellesvig-Waering (1986), Dunlop et al. (2013).

It was assigned to Eoscorpionidae by Petrunkevitch (1953).
Lichnophthalmus was named by Petrunkevitch (1949). Its type is Lichnophthalmus pulcher.

It was synonymized subjectively with Eoscorpius by Kjellesvig-Waering (1986), Dunlop et al. (2013).

It was assigned to Eoscorpionidae by Petrunkevitch (1949), Petrunkevitch (1953).
Europhthalmus was named by Petrunkevitch (1949). Its type is Europhthalmus longimanus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Eoscorpius by Kjellesvig-Waering (1986), Dunlop et al. (2013).

It was assigned to Eoscorpionidae by Petrunkevitch (1949), Petrunkevitch (1953).
Typhloscorpius was named by Petrunkevitch (1949). Its type is Typhloscorpius distinctus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Eoscorpius by Kjellesvig-Waering (1986), Dunlop et al. (2013).

It was assigned to Eoscorpionidae by Petrunkevitch (1949), Petrunkevitch (1953).
Typhlopisthacanthus was named by Petrunkevitch (1949).

It was synonymized subjectively with Eoscorpius by Kjellesvig-Waering (1986); it was synonymized subjectively with Compsoscorpius by Dunlop et al. (2013).

It was assigned to Eoscorpionidae by Petrunkevitch (1949), Petrunkevitch (1953).
Alloscorpius was named by Petrunkevitch (1949). Its type is Eoscorpius granulosus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Eoscorpius by Dunlop et al. (2013).

It was assigned to Eoscorpionidae by Petrunkevitch (1949), Petrunkevitch (1953).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1868	Eoscorpius Meek and Worthen p. 25
1913	Trigonoscorpio Petrunkevitch p. 46
1919	Eoscorpius Jordan and Gilbert p. 53
1949	Typhlopisthacanthus Petrunkevitch p. 144
1949	Typhloscorpius Petrunkevitch p. 146
1949	Lichnophthalmus Petrunkevitch p. 147
1949	Eoscorpius Petrunkevitch p. 151
1949	Alloscorpius Petrunkevitch p. 153
1949	Europhthalmus Petrunkevitch p. 154
1953	Eoscorpius Petrunkevitch p. 27
1953	Alloscorpius Petrunkevitch p. 28
1953	Trigonoscorpio Petrunkevitch p. 31
1953	Europhthalmus Petrunkevitch p. 33
1953	Lichnophthalmus Petrunkevitch p. 33
1953	Typhloscorpius Petrunkevitch p. 33
1953	Typhlopisthacanthus Petrunkevitch p. 34
1986	Eoscorpius Kjellesvig-Waering p. 162
2012	Eoscorpius Fierstine et al. p. 106
2013	Eoscorpius Dunlop et al. p. 33
2016	Eoscorpius Poschmann et al. p. 41

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
—	Deuteropoda
subphylum	Chelicerata	Heymons 1901
—	Euchelicerata	Weygoldt and Paulus 1979
—	Prosomapoda

Rank	Name	Author
—	Planaterga
—	Dekatriata
—	Sclerophorata	Kamenz et al. 2011
class	Arachnida	Lamarck 1801
—	Stomothecata
order	Scorpiones	Latreille 1817
suborder	Lobosternina	()
superfamily	Isobuthoidea
family	Eoscorpiidae	()
genus	Eoscorpius

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Eoscorpius Meek and Worthen 1868

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†Eoscorpius bornaensis Sterzel 1918

†Eoscorpius carbonarius Meek and Worthen 1868

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Invalid names: Eoscorpius granulosus Petrunkevitch 1913 [synonym], Eoscorpius typicus Petrunkevitch 1913 [synonym], Palaeopisthacanthus mazonensis Petrunkevitch 1913 [synonym], Trigonoscorpio americanus Petrunkevitch 1913 [synonym]

†Eoscorpius casei Kjellesvig-Waering 1986

†Eoscorpius distinctus Petrunkevitch 1949

†Eoscorpius mucronatus Kjellesvig-Waering 1986

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Invalid names: Europhthalmus longimanus Petrunkevitch 1949 [synonym]

†Eoscorpius primaevus Jordan and Gilbert 1919

†Eoscorpius pulcher Petrunkevitch 1949

†Eoscorpius sparthensis Baldwin and Sutcliffe 1904

Invalid names: Alloscorpius Petrunkevitch 1949 [synonym], Europhthalmus Petrunkevitch 1949 [synonym], Lichnophthalmus Petrunkevitch 1949 [synonym], Trigonoscorpio Petrunkevitch 1913 [synonym], Typhlopisthacanthus Petrunkevitch 1949 [synonym], Typhloscorpius Petrunkevitch 1949 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available