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Gymnoscorpius mutillidigitus

Arachnida - Scorpiones

Taxonomy
Gymnoscorpius mutillidigitus was named by Jeram (1994). Its type specimen is BELUM K14479, a claw (pedipalp chela with fixed and free fingers), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Swillington brickpit, bed 20F, which is in a Westphalian B terrestrial shale in the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Gymnoscorpius.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Gymnoscorpius mutillidigitus Jeram p. 544 figs. Pl 3, figs 11-16; pl 6, fig 8; pl 7, fig 2; text-figs 5K-M

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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
genusGymnoscorpius
speciesmutillidigitus

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

Age range: base of the Westphalian A to the top of the Westphalian B or 318.10000 to 314.60000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian A318.1 - 314.6United Kingdom (Lancashire) Gymnoscorpius mutillidigitus (153599)
Westphalian B314.6 - 314.6United Kingdom (Yorkshire) Gymnoscorpius mutillidigitus (153601 type locality: 153602 153603)