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Palaeopisthacanthus
Taxonomy
Palaeopisthacanthus was named by Petrunkevitch (1913).
It was assigned to Eoscorpionidae by Petrunkevitch (1949) and Petrunkevitch (1953); and to Palaeopisthacanthidae by Kjellesvig-Waering (1986), Jeram (1994) and Dunlop et al. (2013).
It was assigned to Eoscorpionidae by Petrunkevitch (1949) and Petrunkevitch (1953); and to Palaeopisthacanthidae by Kjellesvig-Waering (1986), Jeram (1994) and Dunlop et al. (2013).
Species
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1913 | Palaeopisthacanthus Petrunkevitch p. 48 |
1949 | Palaeopisthacanthus Petrunkevitch p. 154 |
1953 | Palaeopisthacanthus Petrunkevitch p. 33 |
1986 | Palaeopisthacanthus Kjellesvig-Waering p. 232 |
1994 | Palaeopisthacanthus Jeram p. 523 |
2013 | Palaeopisthacanthus Dunlop et al. p. 35 |
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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. †Palaeopisthacanthus Petrunkevitch 1913
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†Palaeopisthacanthus schucherti Petrunkevitch 1913
†Palaeopisthacanthus vogelandurdeni Jeram 1994
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Reference: Bush and Bambach 2015 |
Age range: base of the Westphalian D to the top of the Kasimovian or 309.80000 to 303.70000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Westphalian D | USA (Illinois) | P. schucherti (112630 153605) | |
Kasimovian | USA (Kansas) | P. vogelandurdeni (153595) |