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Palaeopisthacanthus
Taxonomy
Palaeopisthacanthus was named by Petrunkevitch (1913).
It was assigned to Eoscorpionidae by Petrunkevitch (1949), Petrunkevitch (1953); and to Palaeopisthacanthidae by Kjellesvig-Waering (1986), Jeram (1994), Dunlop et al. (2013).
It was assigned to Eoscorpionidae by Petrunkevitch (1949), Petrunkevitch (1953); and to Palaeopisthacanthidae by Kjellesvig-Waering (1986), Jeram (1994), Dunlop et al. (2013).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1913 | Palaeopisthacanthus Petrunkevitch p. 48 |
| 1949 | Palaeopisthacanthus Petrunkevitch p. 154 |
| 1953 | Palaeopisthacanthus Petrunkevitch p. 33 |
| 1986 | Palaeopisthacanthus Kjellesvig-Waering p. 232 |
| 1994 | Palaeopisthacanthus Jeram p. 523 |
| 2013 | Palaeopisthacanthus Dunlop et al. p. 35 |
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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. †Palaeopisthacanthus Petrunkevitch 1913
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†Palaeopisthacanthus schucherti Petrunkevitch 1913
†Palaeopisthacanthus vogelandurdeni Jeram 1994
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available