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Mazonia

Arachnida - Scorpiones - Mazoniidae

Taxonomy
Mazonia was named by Meek and Worthen (1868). It is the type genus of Mazonidae.

It was reranked as Eoscorpius (Mazonia) by Woodward (1907).

It was assigned to Eoscorpius by Woodward (1907); and to Mazoniidae by Petrunkevitch (1949), Petrunkevitch (1953), Kjellesvig-Waering (1986) and Dunlop et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Mazonia Meek and Worthen p. 563
1907Eoscorpius (Mazonia) Woodward p. 543
1949Mazonia Petrunkevitch p. 132
1953Mazonia Petrunkevitch p. 12
1986Mazonia Kjellesvig-Waering p. 81
2013Mazonia Dunlop et al. p. 31

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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
suborderHolosternina()
superfamilyMesophonoideaWills 1910
familyMazoniidae()
genusMazonia

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.

G. †Mazonia Meek and Worthen 1868
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†Mazonia acadica Scudder 1895
†Mazonia wardingleyi Woodward 1907
†Mazonia woodiana Meek and Worthen 1868
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: base of the Westphalian A to the top of the Westphalian D or 318.70000 to 307.50000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9Canada (Nova Scotia) M. sp., M. acadica (28069)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9United Kingdom (England) Eoscorpius wardingleyi (34905)
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5USA (Illinois) M. woodiana (122493 152106)