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Mesophonus pulcherrimus

Arachnida - Scorpiones - Mesophonidae

Taxonomy
Mesophonus pulcherrimus was named by Wills (1910). Its type specimen is SM Wills 201 and is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Bromsgrove Quarry, which is in an Anisian pond shale in the Bromsgrove Sandstone Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Mesophonus pulcherrimus Wills p. 318 figs. Pl 26, figs 2,4,6,7
1953Mesophonus pulcherrimus Petrunkevitch p. 36
1986Mesophonus pulcherrimus Kjellesvig-Waering p. 80
2013Mesophonus pulcherrimus 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
familyMesophonidaeWills 1910
genusMesophonus
speciespulcherrimus

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.

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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: Anisian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian247.2 - 242.0United Kingdom (Worcestershire) Mesophonus pulcherrimus (type locality: 153542)