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Waterstonia brachistodactyla

Arachnida - Scorpiones - Waterstoniidae

Taxonomy
Waterstonia brachistodactyla was named by Kjellesvig-Waering (1986). Its type specimen is RSM 1978.5.1, a set of appendages, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Crookhill near Beith, which is in a Pendleian terrestrial shale in the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Waterstonia brachistodactyla Kjellesvig-Waering p. 224 fig. 100
2013Waterstonia brachistodactyla Dunlop et al. p. 35

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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
suborderLobosternina()
superfamilyLoboarchaeoctonoidea
familyWaterstoniidae
genusWaterstonia
speciesbrachistodactyla

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.

Waterstonia brachistodactyla 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: Pendleian or 330.30000 to 326.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pendleian330.3 - 326.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Waterstonia brachistodactyla (type locality: 153579)