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Archaeobuthus

Arachnida - Scorpiones - Archaeobuthidae

Taxonomy
Archaeobuthus was named by Lourenço (2001). Its type is Archaeobuthus estephani. It is the type genus of Archaeobuthidae.

It was assigned to Archaeobuthidae by Lourenço (2001) and Baptista et al. (2006).

Species
A. estephani (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Archaeobuthus Lourenço p. 643
2006Archaeobuthus Baptista et al. p. 4

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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
suborderOrthosternina()
superfamilyButhoideaKoch 1837
familyArchaeobuthidae
genusArchaeobuthus

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.

G. †Archaeobuthus Lourenço 2001
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†Archaeobuthus estephani Lourenço 2001
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: Early/Lower Barremian or 130.00000 to 125.45000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Lebanon A. estephani (153585)