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Loboarchaeoctonus squamosus

Arachnida - Scorpiones - Loboarchaeoctonidae

Taxonomy
Loboarchaeoctonus squamosus was named by Kjellesvig-Waering (1986). Its type specimen is BMNH I.988 and is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Glencartholm, Eskdale (BMNH collection), which is in an Arundian marine siliciclastic in the Glencartholm Volcanic Beds Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Loboarchaeoctonus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Loboarchaeoctonus squamosus Kjellesvig-Waering p. 216 figs. 96, 111J
2013Loboarchaeoctonus squamosus Dunlop et al. p. 35

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
—EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
—Prosomapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Planaterga
—Dekatriata
—SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
—Stomothecata
orderScorpionesLatreille 1817
suborderLobosternina()
superfamilyLoboarchaeoctonoidea
familyLoboarchaeoctonidae
genusLoboarchaeoctonus
speciessquamosus

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.

†Loboarchaeoctonus squamosus Kjellesvig-Waering 1986
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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: Arundian or 346.70000 to 339.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arundian346.7 - 339.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Archaeoctonus tuberculatus, Centromachus euglyptus (type locality: 153558)