Proscorpius

Proscorpius osborni
Temporal range: Wenlock–Early Devonian
Drawing of the type specimen. It was originally thought to have been a eurypterid.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Scorpiones
Family: Proscorpiidae
Dunlop, 2013
Genus: Proscorpio
Kjellesvig-Waering, 1966
Type species
Proscorpius osborni
Kjellesvig-Waering, 1966
Synonyms
  • Archaeophonus Kjellesvig-Waering, 1966
  • Stoermeroscorpio Kjellesvig-Waering, 1966

Proscorpius (meaning 'dawn scorpion') is an extinct genus of scorpion that lived during the Silurian and Devonian periods (about 430-418 ma). The type and only species, Proscorpius osborni is currently the world's oldest scorpion. It was discovered in an epifaunal stratum of New York.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Andrew Jeram (June 16, 1990). "When scorpions ruled the world". New Scientist.


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