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Palaeophonus
Taxonomy
Palaeophonus was named by Thorell and Lindström (1884) [Sepkoski's age data: S Wenl-l Sepkoski's reference number: 656]. Its type is Palaeophonus nuncius. It is the type genus of Palaeophonoidea, Palaeophonidae.
It was assigned to Scorpionida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Palaeophonidae by Thorell and Lindström (1885), Petrunkevitch (1949), Petrunkevitch (1953), Kjellesvig-Waering (1986) and Dunlop et al. (2013).
It was assigned to Scorpionida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Palaeophonidae by Thorell and Lindström (1885), Petrunkevitch (1949), Petrunkevitch (1953), Kjellesvig-Waering (1986) and Dunlop et al. (2013).
Species
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1884 | Palaeophonus Thorell and Lindström p. 985 |
| 1885 | Palaeophonus Thorell and Lindström p. 9 |
| 1949 | Palaeophonus Petrunkevitch p. 127 |
| 1953 | Palaeophonus Petrunkevitch p. 6 |
| 1986 | Allopalaeophonus Kjellesvig-Waering p. 56 |
| 1986 | Palaeophonus Kjellesvig-Waering p. 142 |
| 2002 | Palaeophonus Sepkoski |
| 2013 | Allopalaeophonus Dunlop et al. p. 30 |
| 2013 | Palaeophonus Dunlop et al. p. 34 |
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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.
G. †Palaeophonus Thorell and Lindström 1884
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†Palaeophonus caledonicus Hunter 1886
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Invalid names: Palaeophonus hunteri Pocock 1901 [objective synonym]
†Palaeophonus nuncius Thorell and Lindström 1884
†Palaeophonus osborni Whitfield 1885
Invalid names: Allopalaeophonus Kjellesvig-Waering 1986 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available