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Eobuthus rakovnicensis

Arachnida - Scorpiones - Eobuthidae

Taxonomy
Eobuthus rakovnicensis was named by Fritsch (1904). Its type specimen is CGH M 313, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Rakovník (Rakonitz, Prague collection), which is in a Moscovian terrestrial shale/coal in the Kladno Formation of Czechia. It is the type species of Eobuthus.

It was recombined as Isobuthus rakovnicensis by Petrunkevitch (1953).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Eobuthus rakovnicensis Fritsch p. 74 figs. Pl 8, figs 1,2; pl 12, figs 2,3; text-figs 90-92
1949Eobuthus rakovnicensis Petrunkevitch p. 137
1953Isobuthus rakovnicensis Petrunkevitch p. 20 figs. 18, 19, 123, 134
1986Eobuthus rakovnicensis Kjellesvig-Waering p. 158 figs. 67, 112C
2008Eobuthus rakovnicensis Štamberg and Zajíc p. 58 fig. 40
2013Eobuthus rakovnicensis Dunlop et al. p. 33

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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
familyEobuthidae
genusEobuthus
speciesrakovnicensis

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.

Eobuthus rakovnicensis Fritsch 1904
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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: Moscovian or 315.20000 to 307.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Czechia (Central Bohemian) Cyclophthalmus senior (type locality: 126152)