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Brontoscorpio anglicus

Arachnida - Scorpiones

Taxonomy
Brontoscorpio anglicus was named by Kjellesvig-Waering (1972). Its type specimen is BMNH In.31405, a set of appendages (pedipalp free finger), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Birmingham Water Works, Trimpley, which is in a Lochkovian terrestrial sandstone in the St. Maughans Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Brontoscorpio.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Brontoscorpio anglicus Kjellesvig-Waering p. 41 fig. 1,2
2013Brontoscorpio anglicus Dunlop et al. p. 39

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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
genusBrontoscorpio
speciesanglicus

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.

Brontoscorpio anglicus Kjellesvig-Waering 1972
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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: Lochkovian or 419.20000 to 410.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8United Kingdom (Worcestershire) Brontoscorpio anglicus (type locality: 153545)