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Tityus geratus

Arachnida - Scorpiones - Buthidae

Taxonomy
Tityus geratus was named by Santiago-Blay and Poinar (1988). It is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Dominican amber, La Toca mine (Poinar coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the La Toca Formation of the Dominican Republic.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Tityus geratus Santiago-Blay and Poinar p. 346 figs. 1-9
2009Tityus (Brazilotityus) hartkorni Lourenço p. 4 figs. 1-8
2013Tityus azari Lourenço p. 2,3 figs. 1-11
2017Tityus geratus Teruel p. 6

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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
genusTityusKoch 1836
speciesgeratus

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.

Tityus geratus Santiago-Blay and Poinar 1988
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Invalid names: Tityus (Brazilotityus) hartkorni Lourenço 2009 [synonym], Tityus azari Lourenço 2013 [synonym]
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: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Langhian or 20.45000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Dominican Republic Tityus azari (146557) Tityus geratus (type locality: 124475) Tityus hartkorni (153584)