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Praearcturus

Arachnida - Scorpiones - Praearcturidae

Taxonomy
Praearcturus was named by Woodward (1870). Its type is Praearcturus gigas. It is the type genus of Praearcturidae.

It was assigned to Praearcturidae by Kjellesvig-Waering (1986), Dunlop et al. (2013), Howard et al. (2026).

Species
P. gigas (syn. Bennettarthra annwnensis, Brontoscorpio anglicus) (type species)
Entered
by M. Clapham on 2013-11-07; modified by M. Clapham on 2013-12-30

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Praearcturus Woodward p. 270
1972Brontoscorpio Kjellesvig-Waering p. 41
1986Praearcturus Kjellesvig-Waering p. 121
2010Bennettarthra Fayers et al.
2013Praearcturus Dunlop et al. p. 33
2013Brontoscorpio Dunlop et al. p. 39
2026Praearcturus Howard et al. p. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
—EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
—Prosomapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Planaterga
—Dekatriata
—SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
—Stomothecata
orderScorpionesLatreille 1817
suborderHolosternina()
superfamilySpongiophonoidea
familyPraearcturidae
genusPraearcturus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Praearcturus Woodward 1870
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†Praearcturus gigas Woodward 1870
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Invalid names: Bennettarthra annwnensis Fayers et al. 2010 [synonym], Brontoscorpio anglicus Kjellesvig-Waering 1972 [synonym]
Invalid names: Bennettarthra Fayers et al. 2010 [synonym], Brontoscorpio Kjellesvig-Waering 1972 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Grouping: solitaryc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 09:55:58
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:55:58
Source: c = class
Reference: Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Lochkovian to the top of the Famennian or 419.62000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02United Kingdom (Worcestershire) Brontoscorpio anglicus (153545)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02United Kingdom (Herefordshire) P. gigas (201736)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02United Kingdom (England) P. gigas (153544 279014)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02USA (Wyoming) P. sp. (153534)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86United Kingdom (Somerset) P. sp. (232123)