| Source Data | |
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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Scorpiones : Eoscorpiidae : Eoscorpius : Eoscorpius carbonarius |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Scorpiones : Eoscorpiidae : Eoscorpius : Eoscorpius carbonarius |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Generic Name | Eoscorpius |
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| Scientific Name | Eoscorpius carbonarius Meek & Worthen, 1868 |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Eoscorpius carbonarius | species | belongs to Eoscorpius | stated with evidence | Meek and Worthen, 1868 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 311 - 307 Ma
Carboniferous |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 311 - 307 Ma
Carboniferous |
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| Environment | terrestrial (based on Arachnida) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Arachnida) |
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| Vision | limited (based on Xiphosurida) |
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| Diet | carnivore (based on Xiphosura) |
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| Taphonomy | chitin (based on Arachnida) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | F. B. Meek and A. H. Worthen. 1868. Preliminary notice of a scorpion, a Eurypterus? and other fossils from the Coal-measures of Illinois. American Journal of Science and Arts, Second Series 46:19-28 |
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| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1868 | Eoscorpius carbonarius Meek and Worthen p. 24 |
| 1904 | Eoscorpius carbonarius Fritsch p. 76 fig. 95 |
| 1913 | Eoscorpius carbonarius Petrunkevitch p. 37 figs. Pl 2, fig 6 |
| 1913 | Eoscorpius typicus Petrunkevitch p. 39 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-4; text-figs 5-7 |
| 1913 | Eoscorpius granulosus Petrunkevitch p. 45 figs. Pl 2, fig 10; pl 3, figs 11,12; text-fig 9 |
| 1913 | Trigonoscorpio americanus Petrunkevitch p. 47 figs. Pl 4, figs 17,18; text-fig 10 |
| 1913 | Palaeopisthacanthus mazonensis Petrunkevitch p. 49 figs. Pl 2, fig 1; text-figs 13,14 |
| 1949 | Typhlopisthacanthus mazonensis Petrunkevitch p. 145 |
| 1949 | Eoscorpius carbonarius Petrunkevitch p. 152 |
| Meek F. B., Worthen A. H. Preliminary notice of a scorpion, a Eurypterus? and other fossils from the Coal-measures of Illinois, American Journal of Science and Arts, Second Series 46, 19-28 |
| Fritsch A. (1904) , Palaeozoische Arachniden, 1-85 |
| Petrunkevitch A. I. (1913) A monograph of the terrestrial Palaeozoic Arachnida of North America, Transactions of the Connecticut Acadamy of Arts and Sciences 18, 1-137 |
| Petrunkevitch A. I. (1949) A study of the structure classification and relationships of the Palaeozoic Arachnida based on the collections of the British Museum, Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 37, 69-315 |
| Petrunkevitch A. I. (1953) Paleozoic and Mesozoic Arachnida of Europe, Geological Society of America Memoir 53, 1-122 |
| Kjellesvig-Waering E. N. (1986) A restudy of the fossil Scorpionida of the world, Palaeontographica Americana 55, 1-287 |
| Dunlop J. A., Penney D., et al (2013) A summary list of fossil spiders and their relatives, The World Spider Catalog, version 14.0. American Museum of Natural History |
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