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Palaeogrosphus copalensis

Arachnida - Scorpiones - Buthidae

Taxonomy
Tityobuthus copalensis was named by Lourenço (1996). It is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Madagascar copal, Antseranana region (GPIH collection), which is in a Holocene terrestrial amber in Madagascar.

It was recombined as Palaeogrosphus copalensis by Lourenço (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Tityobuthus copalensis Lourenço p. 890 figs. 1-4
2000Palaeogrosphus copalensis Lourenço p. 727

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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
genusPalaeogrosphus
speciescopalensis()

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.

†Palaeogrosphus copalensis Lourenço 1996
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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: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar Tityobuthus copalensis (type locality: 38973)