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Palaeophonus nuncius

Arachnida - Scorpiones - Palaeophonidae

Taxonomy
Palaeophonus nuncius was named by Thorell and Lindström (1884). Its type specimen is SRM Ar.32235, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Vattenfallet section, Visby, top of Högklintslager beds, which is in a Sheinwoodian carbonate limestone in the Högklint Formation of Sweden. It is the type species of Palaeophonus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Palaeophonus nuncius Thorell and Lindström p. 3
1885Palaeophonus nuncius Thorell and Lindström p. 9 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-13
1904Palaeophonus nuncius Fritsch p. 63 fig. 78
1949Palaeophonus nuncius Petrunkevitch p. 127 fig. 170
1953Palaeophonus nuncius Petrunkevitch p. 7 figs. 1-5, 115
2013Palaeophonus nuncius Dunlop et al. p. 34
2023Palaeophonus nuncius Dunlop and Garwood p. 941 fig. 1A

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
—EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
—Prosomapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Planaterga
—Dekatriata
—SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
—Stomothecata
orderScorpionesLatreille 1817
superfamilyAllopalaeophonoidea
familyPalaeophonidae
genusPalaeophonus
speciesnuncius

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.

†Palaeophonus nuncius Thorell and Lindström 1884
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Diagnosis
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