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Centromachidae

Arachnida - Scorpiones - Centromachidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Centromachidae Petrunkevitch p. 17
1986Centromachidae Kjellesvig-Waering p. 84
1986Phoxiscorpionidae Kjellesvig-Waering p. 93
1986Anthracochaerilidae Kjellesvig-Waering p. 149
1994Centromachidae Jeram p. 287
2013Centromachidae Dunlop et al. p. 32

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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
suborderHolosternina()
superfamilyMesophonoideaWills 1910
familyCentromachidae
familyCentromachidae

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.

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]
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 Artinskian or 346.70000 to 279.30000 Ma

Collections (6 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)
Sakmarian - Artinskian293.52 - 279.3Germany Opsieobuthus tungeri (153497)