Buthoidea

Buthoidea Temporal range: Anisian to recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Odonturus dentatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Scorpiones
Suborder:
Superfamily:	Buthoidea C. L. Koch, 1837
Families
† Buthidae Microcharmidae † †

Buthoidea is the largest superfamily of scorpions. Its members are known as fat-tailed scorpions and bark scorpions. A few very large genera (Ananteris, Centruroides, Compsobuthus, or Tityus) are known, but a high number of species-poor or monotypic ones also exist.^[1] They occur in the warmer parts of every major landmass on Earth, except on New Zealand.^[1] The superfamily was established by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1837.^[1]

Taxonomy[]

Five families are placed into Buthoidea, two extant families Buthidae and Microcharmidae, plus three extinct families.

• † (Lebanese amber, Hauterivian)
• Buthidae (Modern, Cenomanian - Recent)
• Microcharmidae (Modern, Recent)
• † (Burmese amber, Cenomanian)
• † (, Anisian)
• † (Burmese amber, Cenomanian)

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