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Eoctonus miniatus

Arachnida - Scorpiones - Eoctonidae

Taxonomy
Eoctonus miniatus was named by Petrunkevitch (1913). Its type specimen is YPM 131 and is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Mazon Creek (YPM collection), which is in a Westphalian D deltaic mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois. It is the type species of Eoctonus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Eoctonus miniatus Petrunkevitch p. 51 figs. Pl 3, figs 14,15; text-fig 15
1953Eoctonus miniatus Petrunkevitch p. 16 figs. 40-43
1986Eoctonus miniatus Kjellesvig-Waering p. 96 figs. Pl 4, fig 1; text-figs 35, 37-39, 110G
2013Eoctonus miniatus Dunlop et al. p. 30

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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
suborderHolosternina()
superfamilyEoctonoidea
familyEoctonidae
genusEoctonus
speciesminiatus

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.

†Eoctonus miniatus Petrunkevitch 1913
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Diagnosis
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