Genus: Geralinura Scudder, 1884 | Family: Incertae sedis n/a, n/a | Order: Uropygi Thorell, 1883

† Geralinura carbonaria Scudder, 1884

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Geralinura carbonaria

PALAEOZOIC: Upper Carboniferous

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:9cdea770-dcbc-42c2-b67b-0c018009a16e

Genus type of Geralinura Scudder, 1884

Taxonomic references

Geralinura carbonaria

Scudder, 1884: 19–20 original description
Haase, 1890b: 648
Scudder, 1890: 455, plate 39 figs 1, 3–4 (in part; see Geralinura similis Petrunkevitch)
Scudder, 1891: 25
Frič, 1903: 868
Petrunkevitch, 1913: 61–62, figs 19–20, plate IV figs 21–22
Werner, 1935a: 461
Petrunkevitch, 1949: 263
Petrunkevitch, 1953: 118
Petrunkevitch, 1955a: 120, figs 85(1a–b)
Brauckmann and Koch, 1983: n/a, fig. 7
Dunlop and Horrocks, 1996b: 300
Harvey, 2003c: 79
Tetlie and Dunlop, 2008: 309–310, figs 1–5, 6.3
Santana, Pinheiro and Silva, 2024: 2, table 1

Synonyms
Geralinura similis Petrunkevitch, 1913 -- synonymised by Tetlie and Dunlop, 2008: 309
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Geralinura similis
Petrunkevitch, 1913: 62–63, figs 21–22, plate IV figs 19–20 original description
Werner, 1935a: 461, fig. 161
Petrunkevitch, 1949: 263
Petrunkevitch, 1953: 118
Petrunkevitch, 1955a: 120, fig. 85(3a–b)
Brauckmann and Koch, 1983: n/a, fig. 8
Dunlop and Horrocks, 1996b: 300
Harvey, 2003c: 80 (synonymised by Tetlie and Dunlop, 2008: 309)
Geralinura gigantea Petrunkevitch, 1913 -- synonymised by Tetlie and Dunlop, 2008: 309
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Geralinura gigantea
Petrunkevitch, 1913: 63–66, figs 23–26, plate V figs 23–25 original description
Werner, 1935a: 462, fig. 162
Petrunkevitch, 1949: 263–264
Petrunkevitch, 1953: 118
Dunlop and Horrocks, 1996b: 300
Harvey, 2003c: 79–80 (synonymised by Tetlie and Dunlop, 2008: 309)
Prothelyphonus giganteus (Petrunkevitch):
Petrunkevitch, 1955a: 120, fig. 85(2a–b)
Dubinin, 1962: n/a, fig. 1264
Brauckmann and Koch, 1983: 65–71, fig. 4
Distribution
Distribution table
Czechia
US (Illinois)
Type locality: Mazon Creek, Grundy County, Illinois, U.S.A. (Upper Carboniferous).

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Mazon Creek 41.316666 -88.35
Type repository
  • Holotype (USNM)
Zoobank LSID

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:E69F737D-760A-4225-8450-9FABAFA98DB6

References

Brauckmann, C. & Koch, L. (1983). Prothelyphonus naufragus n. sp., ein neuer Geisselskorpion [Arachnida: Thelyphonida: Thelyphonidae] aus dem Namurium (unteres Ober-Karbon) von West-Deutschland. Entomologica Germanica 9: 63–74. -- Show included taxa

Dubinin, V.B. (1962). [Chelicerophora]. In: Rodendorf, B.B. (ed.) [Fundamentals of paleontology] Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow: 375–530. -- Show included taxa

Dunlop, J.A. & Horrocks, C.A. (1996b). A new Upper Carboniferous whip scorpion (Arachnida: Uropygi: Thelyphonida) with a revision of the British Carboniferous Uropygi. Zoologischer Anzeiger 234: 293–306. -- Show included taxa

Frič, A. (1903). Bericht über die mit Unterstützung der kaiserlichen Akademie unternommene Reise behufs Studiums fossiler Arachniden. Sitzungsberichte der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Klasse der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 112: 861–869. -- Show included taxa

Haase, E. (1890b). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der fossilen Arachniden. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 42: 629–657. -- Show included taxa

Harvey, M.S. (2003c). Catalogue of the smaller arachnid orders of the world: Amblypygi, Uropygi, Schizomida, Palpigradi, Ricinulei and Solifugae. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne. -- Show included taxa

Petrunkevitch, A. (1913). A monograph of the terrestrial Palaeozoic Arachnida of North America. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 18: 1–137. -- Show included taxa

Petrunkevitch, A. (1949). A study of Palaeozoic Arachnida. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 37: 69–315. -- Show included taxa

Petrunkevitch, A. (1953). Paleozoic and Mesozoic Arachnida of Europe. Memoirs of the Geological Society of America 53: i–xi, 1–128. -- Show included taxa

Petrunkevitch, A. (1955a). Arachnida. In: Moore, R.C. (ed.) Treatise on invertebrate paleontology. P, Arthropoda University of Kansas Press, Lawrence 2: 42–162. -- Show included taxa

Scudder, S.H. (1884). A contribution to our knowledge of Paleozoic Arachnida. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 20: 13–22. -- Show included taxa

Scudder, S.H. (1890). Illustrations of the Carboniferous Arachnida of North America, of the orders Anthracomarti and Pedipalpi. Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History 4: 443–456. -- Show included taxa

Scudder, S.H. (1891). Index to the known fossil insects of the world including myriapods and arachnids. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 71: 1–744. -- Show included taxa

Tetlie, O.E. & Dunlop, J.A. (2008). Geralinura carbonaria (Arachnida; Uropygi) from Mazon Creek, Illinois, USA, and the origin of subchelate pedipalps in whip scorpions. Journal of Paleontology 82: 299–312. doi: http://doi.org/10.1666/06-138.1 -- Show included taxa

Werner, F. (1935a). Klasse: Arachnoidea, Spinnentiere. Pedipalpen. In: Bronns, H.G. (ed.) Klassen und Ordnungen des Tierreichs Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, Leipzig 5(IV)(8)(3): 317–490. -- Show included taxa

Santana, W., Pinheiro, A.P. & Silva, T.A. (2024). Description of a new fossil Thelyphonida (Arachnida, Uropygi) and further record of Cratosolpuga wunderlichi Selden, in Selden and Shear, 1996 (Arachnida, Solifugae) from Crato Formation (Aptian/Albian), Araripe Basin, Brazil. PeerJ: 1-20. doi: 10.7717/peerj.16670 -- Show included taxa

Logs
Date Type Reference Old value
2024-02-26 New taxonomic reference entry Santana, Pinheiro and Silva, 2024