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Suraju itayma

Arachnida - Scorpiones

Taxonomy
Suraju itayma was named by Martine et al. (2020). Its type specimen is UNICAMP CP1/232, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is BR 280 between Canoinhas and Porto União, which is in a Wordian/Capitanian lacustrine - large sandstone in the Teresina Formation of Brazil. It is the type species of Suraju.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2020Suraju itayma Martine et al. p. 3 fig. 3

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

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.

†Suraju itayma Martine et al. 2020
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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 Wordian to the top of the Capitanian or 266.90000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51Brazil Suraju itayma (type locality: 238276)