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Trachyscorpio squarrosus

Arachnida - Scorpiones - Eoscorpiidae

Taxonomy
Trachyscorpio squarrosus was named by Kjellesvig-Waering (1986). Its type specimen is BMNH In. 25985, a carapace (large carapace fragment), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Newton Farm, Foulden, which is in an Ivorian fluvial-lacustrine siliciclastic in the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Trachyscorpio.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Trachyscorpio squarrosus Kjellesvig-Waering p. 188 fig. 83
1994Trachyscorpio squarrosus Jeram p. 297
2013Trachyscorpio squarrosus Dunlop et al. p. 34

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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
suborderLobosternina()
superfamilyIsobuthoidea
familyEoscorpiidae()
genusTrachyscorpio
speciessquarrosus

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.

Trachyscorpio squarrosus 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: Ivorian or 353.80000 to 346.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ivorian353.8 - 346.7United Kingdom (Scotland) Trachyscorpio squarrosus (type locality: 153557)