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Centromachus

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)5430363https://www.gbif.org/species/5430363
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)243102https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=243102
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Scorpiones : Vaejovidae : Centromachus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Scorpiones : Centromachidae : Centromachus
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
suborderHolosterninaKjellesvig-Waering 1986
superfamilyMesophonoideaWills 1910
familyCentromachidaePetrunkevitch 1953
genusCentromachusThorell & Lindström 1885
Scientific NameCentromachus Thorell & Lindström, 1885
Name Published InK. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl., (N. S.) 21, no. 9
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Centromachusgenusbelongs to Cyclophthalmidaestated with evidencePetrunkevitch, 1949
Centromachusgenusbelongs to Centromachidaestated with evidencePetrunkevitch, 1953
Centromachusgenusbelongs to Centromachidaestated without evidenceJeram, 1994
Centromachusgenusbelongs to Centromachidaestated with evidenceDunlop et al., 2013
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance347 - 331 Ma
Carboniferous
Last Recorded Appearance347 - 331 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. J. Jeram. 1994. Scorpions from the Viséan of East Kirkton, West Lothian, Scotland, with a revision of the infraorder Mesoscorpionina. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences 84:283-299

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Centromachus euglyptus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1347 Ma
Carboniferous
347 Ma
Carboniferous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1885Centromachus Thorell and Lindström
1949Centromachus Petrunkevitch p. 141
1953Centromachus Petrunkevitch p. 17
1986Centromachus Kjellesvig-Waering p. 86
1994Centromachus Jeram p. 287
2013Centromachus Dunlop et al. p. 32

References

Jeram A. J. (1994) Scorpions from the Viséan of East Kirkton, West Lothian, Scotland, with a revision of the infraorder Mesoscorpionina, Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences 84, 283-299 doi:10.1017/S0263593300006106
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
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
K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl., (N. S.) 21, no. 9 - 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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