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Title: | The first fossil scorpion from Australia | Contributor(s): | Bicknell, Russell D C (author) ; Smith, Patrick M (author) | Publication Date: | 2021 | Early Online Version: | 2021-10-25 | DOI: | 10.1080/03115518.2021.1983874 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/31907 | Abstract: | The fossil record of scorpions in Australia is effectively non-existent. This lack of data is striking as there is evidence for other euchelicerates including eurypterids, spiders, and xiphosurids. Here, we describe a euarthropod from the Middle Triassic Hawkesbury Sandstone of Sydney, New South Wales, and attribute it to the Order Scorpiones. Due to lack of other diagnostic features, we are unable to assign the specimen to a higher-order classification. Nonetheless, this discovery confirms that scorpions were present in Australia since at least the mid-Triassic. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, 45(4), p. 419-422 | Publisher: | Taylor & Francis | Place of Publication: | United Kingdom | ISSN: | 1752-0754 0311-5518 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 310306 Palaeoecology | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 280107 Expanding knowledge in the earth sciences | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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Appears in Collections: | Journal Article School of Environmental and Rural Science |
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