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Eoscorpius primaevus

Arachnida - Scorpiones - Eoscorpiidae

Taxonomy
Eoscorpius primaevus was named by Jordan and Gilbert (1919). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bairdstown, which is in a Miocene marine shale/sandstone in the Monterey Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Eoscorpius primaevus Jordan and Gilbert p. 53
2012Eoscorpius primaevus Fierstine et al. p. 106

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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
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
Stomothecata
orderScorpionesLatreille 1817
suborderLobosternina()
superfamilyIsobuthoidea
familyEoscorpiidae()
genusEoscorpius
speciesprimaevus

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.

Eoscorpius primaevus Jordan and Gilbert 1919
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Diagnosis
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