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Mesophonoidea

Arachnida - Scorpiones

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Mesophonoidea Wills
1986Mesophonoidea Kjellesvig-Waering p. 79
2013Mesophonoidea 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
RankNameAuthor
—Prosomapoda
—Planaterga
—Dekatriata
—SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
—Stomothecata
orderScorpionesLatreille 1817
suborderHolosternina()
superfamilyMesophonoideaWills 1910
superfamilyMesophonoideaWills 1910

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.

Superfm. †Mesophonoidea Wills 1910
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Fm. †Centromachidae Petrunkevitch 1953
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G. †Acanthracochaerilus Kjellesvig-Waering 1986
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†Acanthracochaerilus palustris Kjellesvig-Waering 1986
G. †Anthracochaerilus Kjellesvig-Waering 1986
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†Anthracochaerilus palustris Kjellesvig-Waering 1986
G. †Centromachus Thorell and Lindström 1885
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†Centromachus euglyptus Peach 1883
G. †Opsieobuthus Kjellesvig-Waering 1986
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†Opsieobuthus tungeri Dunlop et al. 2016
G. †Phoxiscorpio Kjellesvig-Waering 1986
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†Phoxiscorpio peachi Kjellesvig-Waering 1986
G. †Pulmonoscorpius Jeram 1994
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Invalid names: Anthracochaerilidae Kjellesvig-Waering 1986 [synonym], Phoxiscorpionidae Kjellesvig-Waering 1986 [synonym]
Fm. †Gallioscorpionidae Lourenço and Gall 2004
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G. †Gallioscorpio Lourenço and Gall 2004
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†Gallioscorpio voltzi Lourenço and Gall 2004
Fm. †Heloscorpionidae Kjellesvig-Waering 1986
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G. †Heloscorpio Kjellesvig-Waering 1986
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†Heloscorpio sutcliffei Woodward 1907
Fm. †Mazoniidae Petrunkevitch 1913
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G. †Mazonia Meek and Worthen 1868
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†Mazonia acadica Scudder 1895
†Mazonia wardingleyi Woodward 1907
†Mazonia woodiana Meek and Worthen 1868
Fm. †Mesophonidae Wills 1910
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G. †Mesophonus Wills 1910
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†Mesophonus perornatus Wills 1910
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Invalid names: Mesophonus opisthophthalmus Wills 1947 [synonym]
Fm. †Willsiscorpionidae Kjellesvig-Waering 1986
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G. †Willsiscorpio 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: base of the Arundian to the top of the Anisian or 346.70000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arundian346.7 - 340.0United Kingdom (Scotland) Anthracoscorpio juvenis (153558)
Arundian - Holkerian346.7 - 340.0United Kingdom Eoscorpius sp. (153537)
Visean346.7 - 330.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Centromachus euglyptus, Acanthracochaerilus palustris (34471)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Pulmonoscorpius kirktonensis (131671) Pulmonoscorpius sp. A, Pulmonoscorpius sp. B, Pulmonoscorpius kirktonensis (131672)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9Canada (Nova Scotia) Mazonia sp., Mazonia acadica (28069)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9United Kingdom (England) Eoscorpius wardingleyi, Geralinura sutcliffei (34905)
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5USA (Illinois) Mazonia woodiana (122493 152106)
Sakmarian - Artinskian293.52 - 279.3Germany Opsieobuthus tungeri (153497)
Aegean247.2 - 242.0France Gallioscorpio voltzi (107683)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0United Kingdom Willsiscorpio bromsgroviensis (153541)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0United Kingdom (Worcestershire) Mesophonus perornatus, Mesophonus opisthophthalmus, Mesophonus pulcherrimus, Mesophonus bromsgroviensis (153542)