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Compsoscorpius

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Extinct genus of scorpions

Compsoscorpius Temporal range: 314.6–301.2 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Scorpiones
Family:	†Palaeopisthacanthidae
Genus:	†Compsoscorpius Petrunkevitch 1949
Species
†Compsoscorpius buthiformis Pocock 1911 †Compsoscorpius elegans Petrunkevitch 1949
Synonyms
Allobuthiscorpius Kjellesvig-Waering 1986 Coseleyscorpio Kjellesvig-Waering 1986 Leioscorpio Kjellesvig-Waering 1986 Lichnoscorpius Petrunkevitch 1949 Pseudobuthiscorpius Kjellesvig-Waering 1986

Compsoscorpius is an extinct genus of scorpions from the Carboniferous of France and the United Kingdom.

References

A study of Palaeozoic Arachnida. A Petrunkevitch - 1949

External links

"Compsoscorpius". The Encyclopedia of Life.
"Compsoscorpius". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 4 September 2016.

Taxon identifiers
Compsoscorpius	Wikidata: Q28402860 Wikispecies: Compsoscorpius BioLib: 950308 EoL: 9058960 GBIF: 4656304 IRMNG: 1057719 Open Tree of Life: 3540340 Paleobiology Database: 272609

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