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Brontoscorpio anglicus
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
Year | Name and author |
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1972 | Brontoscorpio anglicus Kjellesvig-Waering p. 41 fig. 1,2 |
2013 | Brontoscorpio anglicus Dunlop et al. p. 39 |
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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.
†Brontoscorpio anglicus Kjellesvig-Waering 1972
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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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 |
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Lochkovian | United Kingdom (Worcestershire) | Brontoscorpio anglicus (type locality: 153545) |