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Archaeoctonus glaber

Arachnida - Scorpiones - Proscorpiidae

Taxonomy
Eoscorpius glaber was named by Peach (1883). Its type specimen is GSE 5858 and is a compression fossil. Its type locality is River Esk, 5 miles south of Langholm, which is in a Chadian marine siliciclastic in the Cementstone-Sandstone Series Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Archaeoctonus glaber by Pocock (1911), Petrunkevitch (1949), Petrunkevitch (1953), Kjellesvig-Waering (1986) and Dunlop et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Eoscorpius glaber Peach p. 400 figs. Pl 22, fig 2
1911Archaeoctonus glaber Pocock p. 18 fig. 3
1949Archaeoctonus glaber Petrunkevitch p. 138
1953Archaeoctonus glaber Petrunkevitch p. 14 figs. 14-17, 126
1986Archaeoctonus glaber Kjellesvig-Waering p. 66 figs. 21, 110K, 113B1
2013Archaeoctonus glaber Dunlop et al. p. 29

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
RankNameAuthor
Prosomapoda
Planaterga
Dekatriata
SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
Stomothecata
orderScorpionesLatreille 1817
familyProscorpiidae(Scudder 1885)
genusArchaeoctonus
speciesglaber()

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.

Archaeoctonus glaber Peach 1883
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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: base of the Chadian to the top of the Asbian or 345.30000 to 336.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadian345.3 - 345.0United Kingdom (Scotland) Eoscorpius glaber (type locality: 153535)
Asbian339.4 - 336.0United Kingdom Eoscorpius glaber (153590)