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Buthiscorpius
Taxonomy
Buthiscorpius was named by Petrunkevitch (1953). It is the type genus of Buthiscorpiidae.
It was synonymized subjectively with Compsoscorpius by Legg et al. (2012).
It was assigned to Eoscorpionidae by Petrunkevitch (1953); and to Buthiscorpiidae by Kjellesvig-Waering (1986) and Dunlop et al. (2013).
It was synonymized subjectively with Compsoscorpius by Legg et al. (2012).
It was assigned to Eoscorpionidae by Petrunkevitch (1953); and to Buthiscorpiidae by Kjellesvig-Waering (1986) and Dunlop et al. (2013).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1953 | Buthiscorpius Petrunkevitch p. 32 |
| 1986 | Buthiscorpius Kjellesvig-Waering p. 102 |
| 2013 | Buthiscorpius Dunlop et al. p. 31 |
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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. †Buthiscorpius Petrunkevitch 1953
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†Buthiscorpius lemayi Kjellesvig-Waering 1986
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: Westphalian D or 309.80000 to 307.50000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Westphalian D | USA (Illinois) | B. lemayi (153538) |