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Waeringoscorpio westerwaldensis

Arachnida - Scorpiones - Proscorpiidae

Taxonomy
Waeringoscorpio westerwaldensis was named by Poschmann et al. (2008). Its type specimen is PWL2007/5000 and is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Güllesheimer Bach, Bürdenbach, Westerwald (Mainz collection), which is in a Pragian estuary/bay siltstone in Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Waeringoscorpio westerwaldensis Poschmann et al. p. 430 figs. 2-4, 6, 8

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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
familyProscorpiidae(Scudder 1885)
genusWaeringoscorpio
specieswesterwaldensis

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.

†Waeringoscorpio westerwaldensis Poschmann et al. 2008
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Diagnosis
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