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Protobuthus elegans

Arachnida - Scorpiones - Protobuthidae

Taxonomy
Protobuthus elegans was named by Lourenço and Gall (2004). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Bust, which is in an Aegean delta plain claystone/siltstone in the Grès à Voltzia Formation of France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Protobuthus elegans Lourenço and Gall p. 373 figs. 1,2,10-12
2013Protobuthus elegans Dunlop et al. p. 37

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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
familyProtobuthidae
genusProtobuthus
specieselegans

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.

†Protobuthus elegans Lourenço and Gall 2004
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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: Aegean or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aegean247.2 - 242.0France Protobuthus elegans (type locality: 107683)