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Archaeoctonus
Taxonomy
Archaeoctonus was named by Pocock (1911). It is the type genus of Archaeoctonoidea.
It was assigned to Archaeoctonidae by Petrunkevitch (1949), Petrunkevitch (1953) and Kjellesvig-Waering (1986); and to Proscorpiidae by Dunlop et al. (2013).
It was assigned to Archaeoctonidae by Petrunkevitch (1949), Petrunkevitch (1953) and Kjellesvig-Waering (1986); and to Proscorpiidae by Dunlop et al. (2013).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1911 | Archaeoctonus Pocock p. 17 |
| 1949 | Archaeoctonus Petrunkevitch p. 138 |
| 1953 | Archaeoctonus Petrunkevitch p. 14 |
| 1986 | Archaeoctonus Kjellesvig-Waering p. 66 |
| 2013 | Archaeoctonus Dunlop et al. p. 29 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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