Permian scorpions from the Petrified Forest of Chemnitz, Germany (original) (raw)
A Late Carboniferous fossil scorpion from the Piesberg, near Osnabrück, Germany
Fossil Record, 2008
A new fossil scorpiononly the second from the Late Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) of western Germanyis described from the Westphalian D of the Piesberg near Osnabrçck, Germany. This slender and rather gracile specimen is very closely related to the stratigraphically contemporary Eoscorpius carbonarius Meek & Worthern, 1868 from Mazon Creek, Illinois, USA and is here assigned to E. cf. carbonarius. A precise placement is hindered by the need for revision of the late Carboniferous scorpion fauna. museum fü r naturkunde
Euscorpius is the first research publication completely devoted to scorpions (Arachnida: Scorpiones). Euscorpius takes advantage of the rapidly evolving medium of quick online publication, at the same time maintaining high research standards for the burgeoning field of scorpion science (scorpiology). Euscorpius is an expedient and viable medium for the publication of serious papers in scorpiology, including (but not limited to): systematics, evolution, ecology, biogeography, and general biology of scorpions. Review papers, descriptions of new taxa, faunistic surveys, lists of museum collections, and book reviews are welcome. Derivatio Nominis The name Euscorpius Thorell, 1876 refers to the most common genus of scorpions in the Mediterranean region and southern Europe (family Euscorpiidae).
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2023
Palaeozoic fossils of whip scorpions (Arachnida: Uropygi: Thelyphonida) are extremely rare, with only seven species of this age previously described. A new species of fossil whip scorpion, as well as the first ichnospecies assignable to this group, are described here from the Carboniferous Narragansett Basin of Massachusetts, USA. A body fossil from the Rhode Island Formation (Moscovian) is referred to as Parilisthelyphonus bryantae gen. nov., sp. nov.. At more than 34 mm long it represents both the largest known Palaeozoic whip scorpion and the first fossil arachnid found in the Rhode Island Formation in ~130 years of scrutiny. The whip scorpion trace fossil, comprising a full-body impression and associated tracks, is described from the subjacent Wamsutta Formation (Late Bashkirian) of Massachusetts, USA as Inmontibusichnus charleshenryturneri igen. nov., isp. nov.. With an estimated body length of less than 10 mm, the producer would be the smallest known Palaeozoic thelyphonid. These discoveries within the Narragansett Basin represent only the second site in the western hemisphere, in what was western Laurasia, to yield Palaeozoic whip scorpions. The Narragansett Basin is of significant Pangaean biogeographical importance among whip scorpion sites, being located between the westernmost Mazon Creek Lagerstätte of Illinois and the eastern assemblage of localities in Europe, and serves as an important new fossil calibration point for phylogenetic studies of this arachnid group.
The Cretaceous scorpion genus, Archaeobuthus, revisited (Scorpiones: Archaeobuthidae)
Euscorpius
The monotypic family Archaeobuthidae Lourenço, 2001 is based on Archaeobuthus Lourenço, 2001 (type species, A. estephani Lourenço, 2001), described from Early Cretaceous amber from Lebanon. Archaeobuthus estephani is the oldest scorpion hitherto found in amber. We reanalyzed the unique type specimen of Archaeobuthus and clarified the observable trichobothrial pattern of the pedipalp as well as other morphological features. The full observed trichobothrial pattern includes 26 trichobothria: ten on the chela,
High-level systematics and phylogeny of the extant scorpions (Scorpiones: Orthosterni)
Euscorpius
"…there is the naturalist's interest in disentangling the life histories of little-known insects, in learning about their habits and structure, and in determining their position in the scheme of classification-a scheme which can be sometimes pleasurably exploded in a dazzling display of polemical fireworks when a new discovery upsets the old scheme and confounds its obtuse champions. …"
Duplication of pedipalp segments in the scorpion Androctonus crassicauda (Olivier, 1807)
Euscorpius
Euscorpius is the first research publication completely devoted to scorpions (Arachnida: Scorpiones). Euscorpius takes advantage of the rapidly evolving medium of quick online publication, at the same time maintaining high research standards for the burgeoning field of scorpion science (scorpiology). Euscorpius is an expedient and viable medium for the publication of serious papers in scorpiology, including (but not limited to): systematics, evolution, ecology, biogeography, and general biology of scorpions. Review papers, descriptions of new taxa, faunistic surveys, lists of museum collections, and book reviews are welcome. Derivatio Nominis The name Euscorpius Thorell, 1876 refers to the most common genus of scorpions in the Mediterranean region and southern Europe (family Euscorpiidae).
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2008
We present a review and reassessment of anatomical variation in the ovariuterus (and associated follicles), digestive gland, and lateral lymphoid organs of scorpions, and discuss the contribution of these character systems to the understanding of scorpion phylogeny. New data, obtained using light microscopy, are presented from an examination of 55 scorpion species, representing most scorpion families, and are collated with observations from the literature. Six distinct types of ovariuterine anatomy are identified: five in the family Buthidae and one in the remaining (nonbuthid) families. The buthid genera Lychas C.L. Koch, 1845 and Rhopalurus Thorell, 1876 are exceptional in possessing multiple types of ovariuterine anatomy among the congeneric species studied. The presence or absence of lateral lymphoid organs appears to be phylogenetically informative: the organ is absent in buthids, chaerilids and Pseudochactas Gromov, 1998. Embryo follicle morphology appears to be phylogenetically informative within the superfamily Scorpionoidea Latreille, 1802, where it supports the controversial sister-group relationship between
Suraju itayma: The first paleozoic fossil scorpion in South America
Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 2020
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Paläontologische …, 2008
wl-N 8 fiGUFES AND 1 "IABIE POSCHMANN, M.; DUNLOP, J.A.; KAMENZ, C. & SCHOLTZ, G. 2008. The Lower Devonian scorpion Waeringoscorpio and the respiratory nature of its filamentous structures, with the description of a new species from the Westerwald area, Germany. -Pal~iontologische Zeitschrift 82 (4): 418-436, 8 figs., 1 tab., Stuttgart, 31.12. 2008.