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Phoxiscorpio peachi

Arachnida - Scorpiones - Centromachidae

Taxonomy
Phoxiscorpio peachi was named by Kjellesvig-Waering (1986). Its type specimen is GSE 2140, an exoskeleton (a small, poorly-preserved scorpion), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dalmeny railway cutting, which is in an Arundian/Holkerian marine shale in the Cementstone-Sandstone Series Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Phoxiscorpio.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Phoxiscorpio peachi Kjellesvig-Waering p. 93 figs. 34, 110E
1994Phoxiscorpio peachi Jeram pp. 295-296
2013Phoxiscorpio peachi 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
genusPhoxiscorpio
speciespeachi

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.

†Phoxiscorpio peachi 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: base of the Arundian to the top of the Holkerian or 346.70000 to 340.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arundian - Holkerian346.7 - 340.0United Kingdom Eoscorpius sp. (type locality: 153537)