Arachnida - Scorpiones - Proscorpiidae
Alternative spellings: Labriscorpio, Waeringscorpii
Full reference: R. L. Leary. 1980. Labriscorpio alliedensis: a new Carboniferous scorpion from Rock Island County, Illinois. Journal of Paleontology 54:1255-1257
Parent taxon: Proscorpiidae according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013
See also Dunlop et al. 2008, Kjellesvig-Waering 1986, Nikolajev and Ren 2010, Poschmann et al. 2008, Sepkoski 2002 and Størmer 1970
Sister taxa: Archaeoctonus, Hydroscorpius, Pseudoarchaeoctonus
Subtaxa: Labriscorpio alliedensis Waeringoscorpio hefteri Waeringoscorpio westerwaldensis
Type: Labriscorpio alliedensis
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (1: Illinois collection)
• Devonian of Germany (6)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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