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Palaeopisthacanthus schucherti

Arachnida - Scorpiones - Palaeopisthacanthidae

Taxonomy
Palaeopisthacanthus schucherti was named by Petrunkevitch (1913). Its type specimen is YPM 140 and is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Mazon Creek (YPM collection), which is in a Westphalian D deltaic mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Palaeopisthacanthus schucherti Petrunkevitch p. 48 figs. Pl 2, figs 8,9; text-figs 11,12
1949Palaeopisthacanthus schucherti Petrunkevitch p. 154
1953Palaeopisthacanthus schucherti Petrunkevitch p. 33
1986Palaeopisthacanthus schucherti Kjellesvig-Waering p. 232 figs. 103, 104, 111G
1994Palaeopisthacanthus schucherti Jeram p. 523 fig. 2
2013Palaeopisthacanthus schucherti Dunlop et al. p. 35

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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
suborderOrthosternina()
superfamilyScorpionoidea
familyPalaeopisthacanthidae
genusPalaeopisthacanthus
speciesschucherti

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.

†Palaeopisthacanthus schucherti Petrunkevitch 1913
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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 D or 309.80000 to 307.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5USA (Illinois) Palaeopisthacanthus schucherti (type locality: 112630 153605)