A new family of fossil scorpions from the Early Cretaceous of Brazil

Authors
de Carvalho, MDP Lourenco, WR
Citation
Mdp. De Carvalho et Wr. Lourenco, A new family of fossil scorpions from the Early Cretaceous of Brazil, CR AC S IIA, 332(11), 2001, pp. 711-716
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Earth Sciences
Journal title
COMPTES RENDUS DE L ACADEMIE DES SCIENCES SERIE II FASCICULE A-SCIENCES DELA TERRE ET DES PLANETES
ISSN journal
12518050 → ACNP
Volume
332
Issue
11
Year of publication
2001
Pages
711 - 716
Database
ISI
SICI code
1251-8050(20010615)332:11<711:ANFOFS>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
A new family, new genus and species of fossil scorpions are described from the Early Cretaceous of Brazil, Santana formation, Crate area in the state of Ceare. These fossils can be classified together with extant families wit hin the Scorpionoidea. This suggests that these modern scorpions belong to lineages present at least for 110 Myr. (C) 2001 Academic des sciences / Edi tions scientifiques et medicales Elsevier SAS.