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Gondwanascorpio emzantsiensis

Arachnida - Scorpiones

Taxonomy
Gondwanascorpio emzantsiensis was named by Gess (2013). Its type specimen is AM7501, a claw, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Waterloo Farm, which is in a Famennian lagoonal shale/sandstone in the Witpoort Formation of South Africa. It is the type species of Gondwanascorpio.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Gondwanascorpio emzantsiensis Gess p. 377 fig. 2

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

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.

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Diagnosis
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