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Palaeopisthacanthidae
Taxonomy
Palaeopisthacanthidae was named by Kjellesvig-Waering (1986).
It was assigned to Scorpionoidea by Kjellesvig-Waering (1986) and Dunlop et al. (2013).
It was assigned to Scorpionoidea by Kjellesvig-Waering (1986) and Dunlop et al. (2013).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1986 | Palaeopisthacanthidae Kjellesvig-Waering p. 232 |
| 2013 | Palaeopisthacanthidae Dunlop et al. p. 35 |
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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.
Fm. †Palaeopisthacanthidae Kjellesvig-Waering 1986
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G. †Palaeopisthacanthus Petrunkevitch 1913
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†Palaeopisthacanthus schucherti Petrunkevitch 1913
†Palaeopisthacanthus vogelandurdeni Jeram 1994
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Westphalian D to the top of the Kasimovian or 309.80000 to 303.70000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Westphalian D | USA (Illinois) | Palaeopisthacanthus schucherti (112630 153605) | |
| Kasimovian | USA (Kansas) | Palaeopisthacanthus vogelandurdeni, Cryptoscorpius americanus (153595) |