Biology:Paraisobuthus

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Short description: Extinct genus of scorpions


Paraisobuthus
Temporal range: Upper Carboniferous
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Scorpiones
Suborder:
Mesoscorpionina
Infraorder:
Lobosternina
Superfamily:
†Paraisobuthoidea
Family:
Paraisobuthidae

Kjellesvig-Waering, 1986
Genus:
Paraisobuthus

Kjellesvig-Waering, 1986
Type species
Paraisobuthus prantli
Kjellesvig-Waering, 1986

Paraisobuthus is an extinct genus of scorpions[1] from the Upper Carboniferous of Europe and North America.[2]

Species

  • Paraisobuthus duobicarinatus Kjellesvig-Waering, 1986
  • Paraisobuthus frici Kjellesvig-Waering, 1986
  • Paraisobuthus prantli Kjellesvig-Waering, 1986
  • Paraisobuthus virginiae Kjellesvig-Waering, 1986

References

  1. "Scorpion classification". Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit, Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original on April 25, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100425023951/http://wrbu.si.edu/scorpions/SC_classification.html. Retrieved April 8, 2010. 
  2. W. David Sissum (1990). "Systematics, Biogeography, and Paleontology". in Gary A. Polis. The Biology of Scorpions. Stanford University Press. pp. 31–160. ISBN 978-0-8047-1249-1. https://archive.org/details/biologyscorpions00poli. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2855063 entry