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Eoscorpius primaevus

Arachnida - Scorpiones - Eoscorpiidae

Taxonomy
Eoscorpius primaevus was named by Jordan and Gilbert (1919). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bairdstown, which is in a Miocene marine shale/sandstone in the Monterey Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Eoscorpius primaevus Jordan and Gilbert p. 53
2012Eoscorpius primaevus Fierstine et al. p. 106

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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
suborderLobosternina()
superfamilyIsobuthoidea
familyEoscorpiidae()
genusEoscorpius
speciesprimaevus

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.

†Eoscorpius primaevus Jordan and Gilbert 1919
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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: Miocene or 23.04000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (California) Eoscorpius primaevus (type locality: 186018)