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Scoloposcorpio cramondensis

Arachnida - Scorpiones - Scoloposcorpionidae

Taxonomy
Scoloposcorpio cramondensis was named by Kjellesvig-Waering (1986). Its type specimen is GSE 2173, an exoskeleton (shale slab with fragmentary scorpion remains), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shore west of Eagle Rock, Cramond, which is in a Chadian marine siliciclastic in the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Scoloposcorpio cramondensis Kjellesvig-Waering p. 213 fig. 94
1994Scoloposcorpio cramondensis Jeram pp. 213-214 fig. 94
2013Scoloposcorpio cramondensis Dunlop et al. p. 35

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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
suborderLobosternina()
superfamilyParaisobuthoidea
familyScoloposcorpionidae
genusScoloposcorpio
speciescramondensis

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.

Scoloposcorpio cramondensis 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: Chadian or 346.70000 to 339.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadian346.7 - 339.9United Kingdom Eoscorpius tuberculatus (type locality: 153561)