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Labriscorpio

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Labriscorpio
Temporal range: Early Pennsylvanian–Late Mississippian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Scorpiones
Family: Proscorpiidae
Genus: Labriscorpio
Leary, 1980
Species:
L. alliedensis
Binomial name
Labriscorpio alliedensis
Leary, 1980

Labriscorpio is a fossil genus of scorpions in the family Proscorpiidae, containing a single species, Labriscorpio alliedensis. This species was discovered in Rock Island County, Illinois and lived during the Carboniferous period.[1]


References

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  1. ^ R. L. Leary (1980). "Labriscorpio alliedensis: a new Carboniferous scorpion from Rock Island County, Illinois". Journal of Paleontology. 54 (6): 1255–1257. JSTOR 1304250.