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Pulmonoscorpius kirktonensis

Arachnida - Scorpiones - Centromachidae

Taxonomy
Pulmonoscorpius kirktonensis was named by Jeram (1994). Its type specimen is NMS G 1992.38.1, an exoskeleton (a near complete juvenile scorpion), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is East Kirkton (Units 38-69 East Kirkton Limestone-carbonate laminate facies), which is in a Brigantian terrestrial limestone in the East Kirkton Limestone Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Pulmonoscorpius.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Pulmonoscorpius kirktonensis Jeram pp. 288-291 figs. 2-5, 6b-e
2013Pulmonoscorpius kirktonensis Dunlop et al. p. 32

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
Prosomapoda
RankNameAuthor
Planaterga
Dekatriata
SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
Stomothecata
orderScorpionesLatreille 1817
suborderHolosternina()
superfamilyMesophonoideaWills 1910
familyCentromachidae
genusPulmonoscorpius
specieskirktonensis

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
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Grouping: solitaryc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 09:55:58
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:55:58
Source: c = class
Reference: Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Brigantian or 336.00000 to 330.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Pulmonoscorpius kirktonensis (131671 type locality: 131672)