Fossil specimen : BGS GSE2142 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Arachnida Order Scorpiones |
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| Fossil Name | Centromachus euglyptus (Peach) |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Centromachus euglyptus (Peach) |
| Registration No. | GSE2142 |
|---|---|
| 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. No Parent Sample Number given. |
| Country | Scotland |
|---|---|
| Locality | River Esk - Glencartholm - Dumfries. |
| 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 Vol 84 p.287 Figs 7, 8e Kjellsevig-Waering 1986 Palaeontographica Americana Vol 55 p.87 Text-fig 31B Peach BN 1880 1881 Scorpions from Carboniferous Rocks of The Borders: Trans Roy Soc Edinburgh Vol 30 Part I plxxii.,figs3+a,b,c,d Pelrunkevitch 1949 Trans Connecticut Academy of Science & Arts Vol 37 Figs 136, 173 Pelrunkevitch 1953 Mem Geol Surv America Vol 53 Fig 12 Pocock 1911 Mon Pal Soc p.20 Fig 4 Stormer Vid Akad Oslo - Skr 1 Ny Serie No 8 p.79-82 pl22.,fig3 Text-fig 32 |
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