Palaeopisthacanthidae

Palaeopisthacanthidae is an extinct family of scorpions.

Palaeopisthacanthidae
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Arachnida
Order:
Scorpiones
Family:
†Palaeopisthacanthidae

Kjellesvig-Waering, 1986[1]
Genera
  • †Compsoscorpius Petrunkevitch 1949
  • †Cryptoscorpius Jeram 1994
  • †Palaeopisthacanthus Petrunkevitch 1913

See also

References
  1. E. N. Kjellesvig-Waering. 1986. A restudy of the fossil Scorpionida of the world. Palaeontographica Americana, volume 55, pages 1-287
  • "Palaeopisthacanthidae" at the Encyclopedia of Life
  • "Palaeopisthacanthidae". Fossilworks. Retrieved 5 September 2016 from the Paleobiology Database.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)


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