Palaeophonus

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Fossil range: Early Devonian

Extinct (fossil)

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Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Scorpiones
(unranked)	Protoscorpiones
Genus:	Palaeophonus Thorell & Lindström, 1884

Palaeophonus is an extinct genus of scorpion, one of the first forms known. It was virtually identical to modern scorpions.

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