Arachnida - Scorpiones - Eoscorpiidae

Alternative combination: Anthracoscorpio sparthensis

Full reference: W. Baldwin and W. H. Sutcliffe. 1904. Eoscorpius sparthensis sp. nov., from the Middle Coal-Measures of Lancashire. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 60:394-399

Belongs to Eoscorpius according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013

See also Baldwin and Sutcliffe 1904, Kjellesvig-Waering 1986, Petrunkevitch 1949, Petrunkevitch 1953 and Pocock 1911

Sister taxa: Eoscorpius bornaensis, Eoscorpius carbonarius, Eoscorpius casei, Eoscorpius distinctus, Eoscorpius mucronatus, Eoscorpius primaevus, Eoscorpius pulcher

Type specimen: MM L6271. Its type locality is Sparth Bottoms, Rochdale (MM coll), which is in a Westphalian A delta plain shale in the United Kingdom.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Sparth Bottoms, Rochdale (MM coll)

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