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Archaeobuthus estephani

Arachnida - Scorpiones - Archaeobuthidae

Taxonomy
Archaeobuthus estephani was named by Lourenço (2001). It is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Lebanese amber, Hasroun, Bcharreh Mountain (Estephan collection), which is in a Barremian terrestrial amber in Lebanon. It is the type species of Archaeobuthus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Archaeobuthus estephani Lourenço p. 643 figs. 1-15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—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
speciesestephani

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.

†Archaeobuthus estephani Lourenço 2001
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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: 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 Archaeobuthus estephani (type locality: 153585)