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Palaeophonus caledonicus

Arachnida - Scorpiones - Palaeophonidae

Taxonomy
Palaeophonus caledonicus was named by Hunter (1886). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Dunside, Logan Water, which is in a Telychian/Sheinwoodian marine siliciclastic in the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Allopalaeophonus caledonicus by Kjellesvig-Waering (1986) and Dunlop et al. (2013).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Palaeophonus caledonicus Hunter p. 169
1901Palaeophonus hunteri Pocock p. 308 figs. Pl 19, figs 1-6; text-fig 3
1904Palaeophonus hunteri Fritsch p. 63 fig. 79
1949Palaeophonus caledonicus Petrunkevitch p. 128 fig. 172
1953Palaeophonus caledonicus Petrunkevitch p. 8 figs. 6, 116
1986Allopalaeophonus caledonicus Kjellesvig-Waering p. 57 figs. Pl 2, figs 1-4; text-figs 17, 18, 110O
2013Allopalaeophonus caledonicus Dunlop et al. p. 30
2023Palaeophonus caledonicus Dunlop and Garwood p. 941 fig. 1B

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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
superfamilyAllopalaeophonoidea
familyPalaeophonidae
genusPalaeophonus
speciescaledonicus

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.

†Palaeophonus caledonicus Hunter 1886
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Invalid names: Palaeophonus hunteri Pocock 1901 [objective synonym]
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 Telychian to the top of the Sheinwoodian or 438.50000 to 430.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Telychian - Sheinwoodian438.5 - 430.5United Kingdom (South Lanarkshire) Palaeophonus caledonicus (type locality: 153592)