Dolichophonus
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| †Dolichophonus loudonensis Laurie 1899 [1].
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Dolichophonus is an extinct genus of scorpion known from the Silurian aged Gutterford Burn Eurypterid bed, in the Pentland Hills in Scotland. It was the world's oldest known scorpion until Parioscorpio was named in 2020. It is sometimes referred to Palaeophonus[2].
Discovery
The specimen of Dolichophonus was collected by Mr Hardie of Bavelaw Castle[1]. When he died his collection was given to the Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art (now National Museum of Scotland), where it was then studied by Malcolm Laurie. He named seven new species of Eurypterids from the collection, along with this scorpion, which he named.
References
- ^ a b M. Laurie. 1899. On a Silurian scorpion and some additional eurypterid remains from the Pentland Hills. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 39:575-590
- ^ http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=272254&is_real_user=1