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Benniescorpio tuberculatus
Taxonomy
Eoscorpius tuberculatus was named by Peach (1883). Its type specimen is GSE 9675 and is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Blair Point, Dysart, which is in a Westphalian A terrestrial shale in the Lower Coal Measures Formation of the United Kingdom.
It was recombined as Archaeoctonus tuberculatus by Pocock (1911) and Petrunkevitch (1949); it was recombined as Alloscorpius tuberculatus by Petrunkevitch (1953); it was recombined as Benniescorpio tuberculatus by Wills (1960), Kjellesvig-Waering (1986) and Dunlop et al. (2013).
It was recombined as Archaeoctonus tuberculatus by Pocock (1911) and Petrunkevitch (1949); it was recombined as Alloscorpius tuberculatus by Petrunkevitch (1953); it was recombined as Benniescorpio tuberculatus by Wills (1960), Kjellesvig-Waering (1986) and Dunlop et al. (2013).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1883 | Eoscorpius tuberculatus Peach p. 398 figs. Pl 23, fig 8 |
| 1911 | Archaeoctonus tuberculatus Pocock p. 19 |
| 1949 | Archaeoctonus tuberculatus Petrunkevitch p. 138 figs. 138, 176 |
| 1953 | Alloscorpius tuberculatus Petrunkevitch p. 29 figs. 27, 28 |
| 1960 | Benniescorpio tuberculatus Wills p. 322 figs. Pl 56, fig 5; pl 57; text-figs 28,29 |
| 1986 | Benniescorpio tuberculatus Kjellesvig-Waering p. 214 |
| 2013 | Benniescorpio tuberculatus Dunlop et al. p. 35 |
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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.
†Benniescorpio tuberculatus Peach 1883
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Asbian to the top of the Westphalian A or 340.00000 to 316.90000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Asbian | United Kingdom | Eoscorpius tuberculatus (153590) | |
| Westphalian A | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Eoscorpius tuberculatus (type locality: 153562) |