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Uintascorpio halandrasorum

Arachnida - Scorpiones - Buthidae

Taxonomy
Uintascorpio halandrasi was named by Perry (1995). Its type specimen is DMNH 6004, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Site B, Rio Blanco Country Store (DMNH coll), which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Green River Formation of Colorado. It is the type species of Uintascorpio.

It was corrected as Uintascorpio halandrasorum by Santiago-Blay et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Uintascorpio halandrasi Perry p. 131 fig. 1,2
2004Uintascorpio halandrasorum Santiago-Blay et al. p. 9 figs. 1-5

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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
familyButhidaeKoch 1837
genusUintascorpio
specieshalandrasorum()

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.

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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: Bridgerian or 50.50000 to 46.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bridgerian50.5 - 46.2USA (Colorado) Uintascorpio halandrasi (type locality: 153589)