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Proscorpius
Taxonomy
Proscorpius is a genus. It is not extant.
It was assigned to Dolichophonidae by Petrunkevitch (1953); to Proscorpionidae by Kjellesvig-Waering (1966); to Scorpionida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Proscorpiidae by Kjellesvig-Waering (1986) and Dunlop et al. (2013).
It was assigned to Dolichophonidae by Petrunkevitch (1953); to Proscorpionidae by Kjellesvig-Waering (1966); to Scorpionida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Proscorpiidae by Kjellesvig-Waering (1986) and Dunlop et al. (2013).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1953 | Proscorpius Petrunkevitch p. 12 |
| 1966 | Proscorpius Kjellesvig-Waering p. 362 |
| 1966 | Archaeophonus Kjellesvig-Waering p. 373 |
| 1986 | Proscorpius Kjellesvig-Waering p. 39 |
| 1986 | Archaeophonus Kjellesvig-Waering p. 48 |
| 1986 | Stoermeroscorpio Kjellesvig-Waering p. 53 |
| 2002 | Proscorpius Sepkoski |
| 2013 | Proscorpius 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.
G. †Proscorpius
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†Proscorpius osborni Whitfield 1885
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Invalid names: Archaeophonus eurypteroides Kjellesvig-Waering 1966 [synonym], Stoermeroscorpio delicatus Kjellesvig-Waering 1986 [synonym]
Invalid names: Archaeophonus Kjellesvig-Waering 1966 [synonym], Stoermeroscorpio Kjellesvig-Waering 1986 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available