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Protoischnurus axelrodorum

Arachnida - Scorpiones - Protoischnuridae

Taxonomy
Protoischnurus axelrodorum was named by de Carvalho and Lourenço (2001). Its type specimen is MN-7601-I and is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Crato (MN-UFRJ collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil. It is the type species of Protoischnurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Protoischnurus axelrodorum de Carvalho and Lourenço p. 714 fig. 2,3
2007Protoischnurus axelrodorum Menon p. 186 figs. 1-5, 7A-E
2013Protoischnurus axelrodorum Dunlop et al. p. 39
2023Protoischnurus axelrodorum de Carvalho et al. p. 6 figs. 2-8

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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()
superfamilyScorpionoidea
familyProtoischnuridae
genusProtoischnurus
speciesaxelrodorum

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.

Protoischnurus axelrodorum de Carvalho and 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: Late/Upper Aptian or 119.57000 to 113.20000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Brazil (Ceará) Protoischnurus axelrodorum (122352 122557 122922 type locality: 123013 153606 228902)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Brazil (Ceara) Protoischnurus axelrodorum (34900 34901)