Branchioscorpionoidea
| Branchioscorpionoidea Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Scorpiones |
| Suborder: | †Bilobosternina Kjellesvig-Waering, 1986[2] |
| Superfamily: | †Branchioscorpionoidea Kjellesvig-Waering, 1986[1] |
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Branchioscorpionoidea is an extinct superfamily of scorpions containing two families, Branchioscorpionidae and Dolichophoniidae, both of which are monogeneric.[1][3][4]
The family Dolichophoniidae contains the oldest known scorpion, Dolichophonus, as the older Parioscorpio named in 2020 has been found to be an unrelated arthropod.[5]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Branchioscorpionoidea in the Paleobiology Database
- ↑ Bilobosternina in the Paleobiology Database
- ↑ Branchioscorpionidae in the Paleobiology Database
- ↑ Dolichophoniidae in the Paleobiology Database
- ↑ Anderson, Evan P; Schiffbauer, James D.; Jacquet, Sarah M.; Lamsdell, James C.; Kluessendorf, Joanne; Mikulic, Donald G. (2021). "Stranger than a scorpion: a reassessment of Parioscorpio venator, a problematic arthropod from the Llandoverian Waukesha Lagerstätte". Palaeontology. 64 (3): 429–474. Bibcode:2021Palgy..64..429A. doi:10.1111/pala.12534. ISSN 1475-4983. S2CID 234812878.