Gondwanascorpio emzantsiensis, Gess, 2013

Gess, Robert W., 2013, The earliest record of terrestrial animals in Gondwana: A scorpion from the Famennian (Late Devonian) Witpoort Formation of South Africa, African Invertebrates 54 (2), pp. 373-373 : 377

Gondwanascorpio emzantsiensis sp. n.

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Etymology: From genitive of isiXhosa umZantsi (south), which is sometimes used for South Africa.

Description:

Complete chela 25 mm long.

Holotype: AM7500 SOUTH AFRICA: Eastern Cape: Waterloo Farm, 33°19'23.97"S 26°32'13.05"E; Late Devonian, Famennian , Cape Supergroup , Witteberg Group , Witpoort Formation.

Paratype: AM7501 , same locality and strata as holotype .

Figures

Fig. 2. Gondwanascorpio emzantsiensis gen. & sp. n.: (A, B) holotype AM5700, general appearance and details of pedipalp chela articulating with patella, (C, D) paratype AM5701, general appearance and details of telson and metasomal segment V.Abbreviations: ch – chela, fi.r. – fixed ramus, fr.r. – free ramus, ma – manus, pa – patella, m.V – metasomal segment V, p.f. – plant fragments, te – telson.