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Palaeolychas balticus

Arachnida - Scorpiones - Buthidae

Taxonomy
Palaeolychas balticus was named by Lourenço and Weitschat (1996). Its type specimen is Jens von Holt Soslg.66, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (von Holt collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Palaeolychas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Palaeolychas balticus Lourenço and Weitschat p. 186 figs. Pl 1; text-figs 1-6

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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
familyButhidaeKoch 1837
genusPalaeolychas
speciesbalticus

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.

Palaeolychas balticus Lourenço and Weitschat 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: Priabonian or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Palaeolychas balticus (type locality: 123760)