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Scorpionida
Source Data |
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Rank | class (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Scorpionida | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Common Name | scorpion | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (20%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 443 - 433 Ma Silurian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Arthropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Palaeoscorpiones ✝ order | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Euscorpionina suborder | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Neoscorpionina ✝ suborder | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Proscorpionidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1817 | Scorpiones Latreille |
1904 | Scorpiones Fritsch p. 63 |
1949 | Archaeoctonoidea Petrunkevitch |
1986 | Branchioscorpionina Kjellesvig-Waering p. 38 |
1986 | Archaeoctonoidea Kjellesvig-Waering p. 66 |
1986 | Liassoscorpionidae Kjellesvig-Waering p. 90 |
1994 | Archaeoctonoidea Jeram p. 287 |
1994 | Scorpionida Jeram p. 287 |
2002 | Scorpionida Sepkoski, Jr. |
2007 | Scorpiones Shultz |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!