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Anthracoscorpio dunlopi

Arachnida - Scorpiones - Anthracoscorpionidae

Taxonomy
Anthracoscorpio dunlopi was named by Pocock (1911). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Longriggend, Airdrie, which is in a Westphalian A terrestrial shale in the Drumgray Coal Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Eoscorpius dunlopi by Petrunkevitch (1949), Petrunkevitch (1953).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Anthracoscorpio dunlopi Pocock p. 21 figs. Pl 1, fig 1; text-fig 5
1949Eoscorpius dunlopi Petrunkevitch p. 153
1953Eoscorpius dunlopi Petrunkevitch p. 28 fig. 131
1986Anthracoscorpio dunlopi Kjellesvig-Waering p. 109 fig. 43C,D
2013Anthracoscorpio dunlopi Dunlop et al. p. 30

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
Prosomapoda
RankNameAuthor
Planaterga
Dekatriata
SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
Stomothecata
orderScorpionesLatreille 1817
suborderHolosternina()
superfamilyEoctonoidea
familyAnthracoscorpionidae
genusAnthracoscorpio
speciesdunlopi

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.

Anthracoscorpio dunlopi Pocock 1911
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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: Westphalian A or 318.70000 to 316.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Anthracoscorpio dunlopi (type locality: 34904)