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Cretaceousbuthus fraaijeorum

Arachnida - Scorpiones - Buthidae

Taxonomy
Cretaceousbuthus fraaijeorum was named by Lourenço (2022). Its type specimen is MABk03774, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (Oertijdmuseum MABk collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar. It is the type species of Cretaceousbuthus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2022Cretaceousbuthus fraaijeorum Lourenço p. 2 figs. 1-5, 8-11

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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
genusCretaceousbuthus
speciesfraaijeorum

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.

Cretaceousbuthus fraaijeorum Lourenço 2022
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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: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar Cretaceousbuthus fraaijeorum (type locality: 230230)