†Petaloscorpio bureaui Kjellesvig-Waering 1986 (scorpion)
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Arachnida - Scorpiones - Gigantoscorpionidae
Full reference: E. N. Kjellesvig-Waering. 1986. A restudy of the fossil Scorpionida of the world. Palaeontographica Americana 55:1-287
Belongs to Petaloscorpio according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013
See also Jeram 1994 and Kjellesvig-Waering 1986
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UL 1092, an exoskeleton (poorly preserved scorpion). Its type locality is Bernard's Lot, Miguasha, which is in a Frasnian estuary/bay siliciclastic in the Escuminac Formation of Canada.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Devonian of Canada (2: Quebec collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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