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Mazonia wardingleyi

Arachnida - Scorpiones - Mazoniidae

Taxonomy
Eoscorpius (Mazonia) wardingleyi was named by Woodward (1907). Its type specimen is BMNH In. 18561 and is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Sparth Bottoms, Rochdale (BMNH coll), which is in a Westphalian A delta plain shale in the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Alloscorpius wardingleyi by Petrunkevitch (1953); it was recombined as Mazonia wardingleyi by Kjellesvig-Waering (1986) and Dunlop et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Eoscorpius (Mazonia) wardingleyi Woodward p. 543 fig. 3
1953Alloscorpius wardingleyi Petrunkevitch p. 29 figs. 35, 133
1986Mazonia wardingleyi Kjellesvig-Waering p. 84 fig. 30
2013Mazonia wardingleyi 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
familyMazoniidae()
genusMazonia
specieswardingleyi()

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.

Mazonia wardingleyi Woodward 1907
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Diagnosis
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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) Eoscorpius wardingleyi (type locality: 34905)