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1、Eu scor piu sOc cas ional Publicatio ns in Scorp iologyA Scorpion from a Peatbog: the First ArthropodFossil from the Late Visean of the M oscow Coal BasinVictor Fet, Michael E. Soleglad, Yulia V. Mosseichik,and D mi try E ShcherbakovAugus t 2004 - No. 13Eu scor p iu sOccasional Publications in Scorp

2、iologyEDITOR: Victor Fet, Marshall University, marshallediASSOCIATE EDITOR: Michael E Soleglad, legladlaznetcofEu scor p iu s is the fist research publication completely devoted to scorpions (Arachnida:Scorpiones). Eu scor p iu s takes advantage of the rapidly evohdng medium of quick onlinepublicati

3、on, at the same time maintaining high research standards for the burgeoning field ofscorpion science (scorpiology). Eu scor p iu s is an expedient and viable medium for thepublication of serious papers in scorpiology, including (but not United to): systematicsevolution, ecology, biogeography, and ge

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10、stralia NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, NorwayPublication date: 17 August 2004Eu scor piu sOccasional Publications in Scorpiology. 2004, No. 13A scorpion from a peatbog: the first arthropod fossil fro mthe Late Visean of the Moscow Coal BasinVictor Fet, Michael E Sol

11、eglad, Y ulia V. Mosseichik ,123and D mi try E Shcherbakovi Department of Biological Sciences Marshall U ni versit Huntington, 4West. Virginia 25755-2510, LSA；P. 0. Box 25Q Borrego Springs, California92004, USA Geological Institute Russian Academy of Science Pyzhevsky per 7y Moscow 119017, Russia4Pa

12、leontological TnstitutQ Russian Academy of Science P)fsoyuznaya 123, Moscow 117997, RussiaSu m maryThis note describes a fossil fragment from the Upper Visean (ca 330 Ma), of the Moscow Coal Basin (NovgorodRegion, Russia). The fossil is identified as the cuticle of a single leg segment (left. femur)

13、 of a scorpion (Arachnida:Scorpiones), without, any fnlher taxonomic placement The anatomical details of the figment are given, along withecological considerations. It is the ft fossil scorpion record from RussiaThis fossil is a cuticle of an entire left leg segment(Fig 2), most likely a femur, with

14、 elaborate articulatorystructures at both ends Fig. 3 shows the basal, trchanterfemur joint area (ventral view). After comparingthis leg segment with several Recent scorpion legs webelieve it is most likely a fem ur for the foUowing rca-IntroductionThe present note addresses a unique fossil found in

15、Lower Carboniferous deposits of the Moscow Coal Ba-sin (Fig 1). This fragment is identified as the cuticle of asingle leg segment of a scorpion (Arachnida: Scorpio-nes), and is the first fossil scorpion from RussiaLocality and HorizonThe material comes from the northwest flank of theMoscow Coal Basin (Malinovcts quarry of the JointStock Company uBorovichskii Refractory Works, 25km NW of the town of Borovichi, Novgorod Region,Russia). The strata are dated as the Tulsky Horizon ofthe Upper Visean (ca 330 M a), rcgional palynozoneCingulizonatcs bialatus- Si mozonotrilctcs brc