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Eoscorpius carbonarius

Arachnida - Scorpiones - Eoscorpiidae

Taxonomy
Eoscorpius carbonarius was named by Meek and Worthen (1868). Its type specimen is FMNH UC 8949, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Mazon Creek (University of Illinois collection), which is in a Westphalian D deltaic mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Eoscorpius carbonarius Meek and Worthen p. 24
1904Eoscorpius carbonarius Fritsch p. 76 fig. 95
1913Eoscorpius carbonarius Petrunkevitch p. 37 figs. Pl 2, fig 6
1913Eoscorpius typicus Petrunkevitch p. 39 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-4; text-figs 5-7
1913Eoscorpius granulosus Petrunkevitch p. 45 figs. Pl 2, fig 10; pl 3, figs 11,12; text-fig 9
1913Trigonoscorpio americanus Petrunkevitch p. 47 figs. Pl 4, figs 17,18; text-fig 10
1913Palaeopisthacanthus mazonensis Petrunkevitch p. 49 figs. Pl 2, fig 1; text-figs 13,14
1949Typhlopisthacanthus mazonensis Petrunkevitch p. 145
1949Eoscorpius carbonarius Petrunkevitch p. 152
1949Eoscorpius typicus Petrunkevitch p. 152
1949Alloscorpius granulosus Petrunkevitch p. 153
1953Eoscorpius carbonarius Petrunkevitch p. 27
1953Eoscorpius typicus Petrunkevitch p. 27
1953Alloscorpius granulosus Petrunkevitch p. 29
1953Trigonoscorpio americanus Petrunkevitch p. 31
1953Typhlopisthacanthus mazonensis Petrunkevitch p. 34
1986Eoscorpius carbonarius Kjellesvig-Waering p. 163 figs. Pls 10-12; pl 13, figs 5,6; text-figs 69-75, 112B, 113C2
2008Eoscorpius carbonarius Dunlop et al. p. 31 figs. 3-5
2013Eoscorpius carbonarius Dunlop et al. p. 33

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
—EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
—Prosomapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Planaterga
—Dekatriata
—SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
—Stomothecata
orderScorpionesLatreille 1817
suborderLobosternina()
superfamilyIsobuthoidea
familyEoscorpiidae()
genusEoscorpius
speciescarbonarius

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.

†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]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available