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Eskiscorpio parvus

Arachnida - Scorpiones - Eoscorpiidae

Taxonomy
Eskiscorpio parvus was named by Kjellesvig-Waering (1986). Its type specimen is GSE 2139, an exoskeleton, 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.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Eskiscorpio parvus Kjellesvig-Waering p. 191 fig. 84
1994Eskiscorpio parvus Jeram p. 297
2013Eskiscorpio parvus Dunlop et al. p. 34

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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()
superfamilyIsobuthoidea
familyEoscorpiidae()
genusEskiscorpio
speciesparvus

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.

Eskiscorpio parvus 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 330.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Visean346.7 - 330.3United Kingdom (Scotland) Eskiscorpio parvus (type locality: 34471)