Paraisobuthus

Paraisobuthus Temporal range: Upper Carboniferous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Scorpiones
Suborder:	Mesoscorpionina
Infraorder:	Lobosternina
Superfamily:	†Paraisobuthoidea
Family:	†Paraisobuthidae Kjellesvig-Waering, 1986
Genus:	†Paraisobuthus Kjellesvig-Waering, 1986
Type species
†Paraisobuthus prantli Kjellesvig-Waering, 1986

Paraisobuthus is an extinct genus of scorpions[1] from the Upper Carboniferous of Europe and North America.[2]

Species

• Paraisobuthus duobicarinatus Kjellesvig-Waering, 1986
• Paraisobuthus frici Kjellesvig-Waering, 1986
• Paraisobuthus prantli Kjellesvig-Waering, 1986
• Paraisobuthus virginiae Kjellesvig-Waering, 1986

References

1. "Scorpion classification". Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit, Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original on April 25, 2010. Retrieved April 8, 2010.
2. W. David Sissum (1990). "Systematics, Biogeography, and Paleontology". In Gary A. Polis (ed.). The Biology of Scorpions. Stanford University Press. pp. 31–160. ISBN 978-0-8047-1249-1.