Open AccessA Late Carboniferous fossil scorpion from the Piesberg, near Osnabrück, Germany
Author(s) -
Dunlop Jason A.,
Brauckmann Carsten,
Steur Hans
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
fossil record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1860-1014
pISSN - 1435-1943
DOI - 10.1002/mmng.200700010
Subject(s) - carboniferous , westphalian sovereignty , pennsylvanian , paleontology , fauna , scorpion , paleozoic , geology , biology , ecology , structural basin , venom
A new fossil scorpion – only the second from the Late Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) of western Germany – is described from the Westphalian D of the Piesberg near Osnabrück, Germany. This slender and rather gracile specimen is very closely related to the stratigraphically contemporary Eoscorpius carbonarius Meek & Worthern, 1868 from Mazon Creek, Illinois, USA and is here assigned to E. cf. carbonarius . A precise placement is hindered by the need for revision of the late Carboniferous scorpion fauna. (© 2008 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)