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Petaloscorpio bureaui

Arachnida - Scorpiones - Gigantoscorpionidae

Taxonomy
Petaloscorpio bureaui was named by Kjellesvig-Waering (1986). Its type specimen is UL 1092, an exoskeleton (poorly preserved scorpion), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Bernard's Lot, Miguasha, which is in a Frasnian estuary/bay siliciclastic in the Escuminac Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Petaloscorpio.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Petaloscorpio bureaui Kjellesvig-Waering p. 220 figs. 98, 112I, 113C1
1994Petaloscorpio bureaui Jeram p. 296
2013Petaloscorpio bureaui Dunlop et al. p. 32

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
Prosomapoda
RankNameAuthor
Planaterga
Dekatriata
SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
Stomothecata
orderScorpionesLatreille 1817
suborderHolosternina()
superfamilyGigantoscorpionoidea
familyGigantoscorpionidae
genusPetaloscorpio
speciesbureaui

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.

Petaloscorpio bureaui 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: Frasnian or 382.31000 to 372.15000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Canada (Quebec) Petaloscorpio bureaui (type locality: 153566 179176)