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Eoeuscorpius ceratoi

Arachnida - Scorpiones - Euscorpiidae

Taxonomy
Eoeuscorpius ceratoi was named by Kühl and Lourenço (2017). Its type specimen is CMC1, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Pesciara di Bolca, Monte Bolca (Cerato family collection), which is in a Ypresian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Pesciara Formation of Italy. It is the type species of Eoeuscorpius.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Eoeuscorpius ceratoi Kühl and Lourenço p. 285 fig. 1a,b

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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()
superfamilyChactoideaPocock 1893
familyEuscorpiidaeLaurie 1896
genusEoeuscorpius
speciesceratoi

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.

Eoeuscorpius ceratoi Kühl and Lourenço 2017
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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: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Italy Eoeuscorpius ceratoi (type locality: 188969)