Fossil specimen : BGS GSE2140 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Arachnida Order Scorpiones |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Phoxiscorpio peachi Kjellesvig-Waering |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Phoxiscorpio peachi Kjellesvig-Waering |
| Registration No. | GSE2140 |
|---|---|
| Collector | No name given. |
| Donor or Associated Person | Name not available |
| Held By |
 British Geological Survey
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| Comments | Carboniferous - Calciferous Sandstone Series - Middle Visean. No Parent Sample Number given. |
| Country | Scotland |
|---|---|
| Locality | Dalmeny - Railway cutting - West Lothian. |
| Grid Reference | Available from host institution |
| Rock Unit | Strathclyde Group |
|---|---|
| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Brigantian Substage (Carboniferous Period) – Chadian Substage (Carboniferous Period) (329 – 346.7 Ma B.P.) [Closest ICS interval: Visean Age – Tournaisian Age ] |
| References | Jeram 1994 Trans Roy Soc Edinburgh p.295 Kjellsevig-Waering 1986 Palaeontographica Americana Vol 55 p.93 Text-fig 34 |
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