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Acanthracochaerilus palustris

Arachnida - Scorpiones - Centromachidae

Taxonomy
Acanthracochaerilus palustris was named by Kjellesvig-Waering (1986). Its type specimen is BMNH In. 39764, an exoskeleton (a juvenile scorpion with only ventral sutures visible), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Glencartholm, which is in a Visean marginal marine tuff/shale in the Glencartholm Volcanic Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Acanthracochaerilus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Acanthracochaerilus palustris Kjellesvig-Waering

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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()
superfamilyMesophonoideaWills 1910
familyCentromachidae
genusAcanthracochaerilusKjellesvig-Waering 1986
speciespalustrisKjellesvig-Waering 1986

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.

Acanthracochaerilus palustris Kjellesvig-Waering 1986
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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: Visean or 346.70000 to 330.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Visean346.7 - 330.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Acanthracochaerilus palustris (type locality: 34471)