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Cyclophthalmus euglyptus

Arachnida - Scorpiones - Cyclophthalmidae

Taxonomy
Eoscorpius euglyptus was named by Peach (1883). Its type specimen is GSE 2142 and is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Glencartholm, which is in a Visean marginal marine tuff/shale in the Glencartholm Volcanic Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Cyclophthalmus euglyptus by Pocock (1911); it was recombined as Centromachus euglyptus by Petrunkevitch (1949), Petrunkevitch (1953), Kjellesvig-Waering (1986) and Dunlop et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Eoscorpius euglyptus Peach p. 402 figs. Pl 22, fig 3
1911Cyclophthalmus euglyptus Pocock p. 19 fig. 4
1949Centromachus euglyptus Petrunkevitch p. 141 figs. 136, 173
1953Centromachus euglyptus Petrunkevitch p. 17 fig. 12
1986Centromachus euglyptus Kjellesvig-Waering p. 86 figs. 31B, 110J, 113A1
2013Centromachus euglyptus Dunlop et al. p. 32

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
Prosomapoda
RankNameAuthor
Planaterga
Dekatriata
SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
Stomothecata
orderScorpionesLatreille 1817
suborderMeristosternina()
superfamilyCyclophthalmoideaThorell and Lindstroem 1885
familyCyclophthalmidae
genusCyclophthalmus
specieseuglyptus()

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.

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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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available