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Palaeobuthus ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4656435https://www.gbif.org/species/4656435
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)272640https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=272640
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Scorpiones : Vaejovidae : Palaeobuthus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Scorpiones : Palaeobuthidae : Palaeobuthus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
-EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
-ProsomapodaLamsdell 2013
classXiphosura
orderXiphosuridaLatreille 1802
-PlanatergaLamsdell 2013
-DekatriataLamsdell 2013
-SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
-StomothecataShultz 2007
orderScorpionesLatreille 1817
suborderMeristosternina
superfamilyPalaeobuthoideaKjellesvig-Waering 1986
familyPalaeobuthidaeKjellesvig-Waering 1986
genusPalaeobuthusPetrunkevitch 1913
Scientific NamePalaeobuthus Petrunkevitch, 1913
Name Published InTrans. Connecticut Acad. Arts Sci., 18
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Palaeobuthusgenusbelongs to Isobuthidaestated with evidencePetrunkevitch, 1949
Palaeobuthusgenusbelongs to Palaeobuthidaestated with evidenceKjellesvig-Waering, 1986
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance311 - 307 Ma
Carboniferous
Last Recorded Appearance311 - 307 Ma
Carboniferous
Environmentterrestrial (based on Arachnida)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arachnida)
Visionlimited (based on Xiphosurida)
Dietcarnivore (based on Xiphosura)
Taphonomychitin (based on Arachnida)
Primary Reference (PBDB)A. I. Petrunkevitch. 1913. A monograph of the terrestrial Palaeozoic Arachnida of North America. Transactions of the Connecticut Acadamy of Arts and Sciences 18:1-137

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Palaeobuthus distinctus ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		3311 Ma
Carboniferous		311 Ma
Carboniferous

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Paleobuthus Francke, 1985GBIFgenusAnimalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Scorpiones : Vaejovidae : Paleobuthus
Mazoniscorpio Wills, 1960GBIFgenusAnimalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Scorpiones : Vaejovidae : Mazoniscorpio

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1913Palaeobuthus Petrunkevitch p. 53
1949Palaeobuthus Petrunkevitch p. 136
1953Palaeobuthus Petrunkevitch p. 22
1960Mazoniscorpio Wills p. 290
1986Palaeobuthus Kjellesvig-Waering p. 135
2013Palaeobuthus Dunlop et al. p. 32

References

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
Wills L. J. (1960) The external anatomy of some Carboniferous "scorpions" part 2, Palaeontology 3, 276-332
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
Hallan, J. (2000-current). Biology Catalog. Web compilation accessible at http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (accessed June 2012). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Trans. Connecticut Acad. Arts Sci., 18 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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!
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