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Protoischnuridae

Arachnida - Scorpiones - Protoischnuridae

Taxonomy
Protoischnuridae was named by de Carvalho and Lourenço (2001). Its type is Protoischnurus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Hemiscorpiidae by Menon (2007), Dunlop et al. (2013).

It was assigned to Scorpiones by Lourenço (2021); and to Scorpionoidea by de Carvalho and Lourenço (2001), de Carvalho et al. (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Protoischnuridae de Carvalho and Lourenço p. 714
2021Protoischnuridae Lourenço p. 2
2023Protoischnuridae de Carvalho et al. p. 6

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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
suborderOrthosternina()
superfamilyScorpionoidea
familyProtoischnuridae
familyProtoischnuridae

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.

Fm. †Protoischnuridae de Carvalho and Lourenço 2001
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G. †Cretaceoushormiops Lourenço 2018
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Cretaceoushormiops elegans Xuan et al. 2024
Cretaceoushormiops staxi Lourenço 2022
G. †Cretaceousopisthacanthus Lourenço 2021
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G. †Protoischnurus de Carvalho and Lourenço 2001
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Protoischnurus axelrodorum de Carvalho and Lourenço 2001
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 Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 119.57000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Brazil (Ceará) Protoischnurus axelrodorum (122352 122557 122922 123013 153606 228902)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Brazil (Ceara) Protoischnurus axelrodorum (34900 34901)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar Cretaceoushormiops sp., Cretaceoushormiops elegans (161726) Cretaceoushormiops staxi (230232) Cretaceousopisthacanthus smeelei (220288)