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Carcinosoma scoticus

Eurypterida - Carcinosomatidae

Taxonomy
Eurypterus scoticus was named by Laurie (1899). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Gutterford Burn Eurypterid bed, Pentland Hills, which is in a Telychian offshore sandstone in the Reservoir Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Carcinosoma scoticus by Dunlop et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Eurypterus scoticus Laurie p. 585 figs. Pl 4, figs 23-25; pl 5, fig 26
2013Carcinosoma scoticus Dunlop et al. p. 22

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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
orderEurypteridaBurmeister 1843
suborderEurypterinaBurmeister 1843
—Diploperculata
superfamilyCarcinosomatoideaStoermer 1934
familyCarcinosomatidaeStormer 1934
genusCarcinosomaClaypole 1890
speciesscoticus()

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.

†Carcinosoma scoticus Laurie 1899
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Diagnosis
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