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Heloscorpionidae

Arachnida - Scorpiones - Heloscorpionidae

Taxonomy
Heloscorpionidae was named by Kjellesvig-Waering (1986). Its type is Heloscorpio.

It was assigned to Mesophonoidea by Kjellesvig-Waering (1986) and Dunlop et al. (2013).

Subtaxa
Heloscorpio (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Heloscorpionidae Kjellesvig-Waering p. 86
2013Heloscorpionidae 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
familyHeloscorpionidae
familyHeloscorpionidae

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. †Heloscorpionidae Kjellesvig-Waering 1986
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G. †Heloscorpio Kjellesvig-Waering 1986
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†Heloscorpio sutcliffei Woodward 1907
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 (England) Geralinura sutcliffei (34905)