Fossil specimen : BGS GSE2173 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Arachnida Order Scorpiones |
|---|---|
| Fossil Name | Scoloposcorpio crammondensis Kjellesvig-Waering |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Scoloposcorpio crammondensis Kjellesvig-Waering |
| Registration No. | GSE2173 |
|---|---|
| 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. |
| Country | Scotland |
|---|---|
| Locality | Cramond Shore - 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 Vol 84 p.297 Kjellsevig-Waering 1986 Palaeontographica Americana Vol 55 p.213 Figs 94A & B Peach BN 1880 1881 Scorpions from Carboniferous Rocks of The Borders: Trans Roy Soc Edinburgh Vol 30 Part I (as Eoscorpius tuburculatus) plxxiii.,figs5,8b,17 |
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