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Waeringoscorpio hefteri

Arachnida - Scorpiones - Proscorpiidae

Taxonomy
Waeringoscorpio hefteri was named by Størmer (1970). Its type specimen is SMF VIII 31 and is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Alken #3, Nellen Koepfchen Beds, Germany, which is in an Emsian lagoonal shale in Germany. It is the type species of Waeringoscorpio.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Waeringoscorpio hefteri Størmer p. 336 figs. Pls 1, 2; text-fig 5
1986Waeringoscorpio hefteri Kjellesvig-Waering p. 52 fig. 111B
2008Waeringoscorpio hefteri Poschmann et al. p. 428 figs. 1, 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
RankNameAuthor
Prosomapoda
Planaterga
Dekatriata
SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
Stomothecata
orderScorpionesLatreille 1817
familyProscorpiidae(Scudder 1885)
genusWaeringoscorpio
specieshefteri

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.

Waeringoscorpio hefteri Størmer 1970
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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: Early/Lower Emsian or 410.62000 to 399.50000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Germany Waeringoscorpio hefteri (155757 155758 155759)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Germany (Alken) Waeringoscorpio hefteri (type locality: 27049)