Extinct family of scorpions
Palaeopisthacanthidae
Temporal range: 311.45–303.7 Ma
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Phylum:
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Arthropoda
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Class:
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Arachnida
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Order:
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Scorpiones
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Family:
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†Palaeopisthacanthidae
Kjellesvig-Waering, 1986[1]
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Genera
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- †Compsoscorpius Petrunkevitch 1949
- †Cryptoscorpius Jeram 1994
- †Palaeopisthacanthus Petrunkevitch 1913
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Palaeopisthacanthidae is an extinct family of scorpions.
- ^ E. N. Kjellesvig-Waering. 1986. A restudy of the fossil Scorpionida of the world. Palaeontographica Americana, volume 55, pages 1-287