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Heloscorpio sutcliffei

Arachnida - Scorpiones - Heloscorpionidae

Taxonomy
Geralinura sutcliffei was named by Woodward (1907). Its type specimen is BMNH In. 18564 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 Trigonoscorpio sutcliffei by Petrunkevitch (1953); it was recombined as Heloscorpio sutcliffei by Kjellesvig-Waering (1986), Dunlop et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Geralinura sutcliffei Woodward p. 545 fig. 4
1953Trigonoscorpio sutcliffei Petrunkevitch p. 31 figs. 29, 121
1986Heloscorpio sutcliffei Kjellesvig-Waering p. 88 figs. 32, 110I, 113A4
2013Heloscorpio sutcliffei Dunlop et al. p. 32

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
Prosomapoda
RankNameAuthor
Planaterga
Dekatriata
SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
Stomothecata
orderScorpionesLatreille 1817
suborderHolosternina()
superfamilyMesophonoideaWills 1910
familyHeloscorpionidae
genusHeloscorpio
speciessutcliffei()

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.

Heloscorpio sutcliffei Woodward 1907
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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: 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 (type locality: 34905)