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1、EuscorpiusOccasiona1Pub1icationsinScorpio1ogyAScorpionfromaPeatbog:theFirstArthropodFossi1fromthe1ateViseanoftheMoscowCoa1BasinVictorFet,Michae1E.So1eg1ad,Yu1iaV.Mosseichik,andDmitryEShcherbakovAugus12004-No.13EuscorpiusOccasiona1Pub1icationsinScorpio1ogyEDITOR:VictorFet,Marsha11University,tmarsha11
2、eddASSOCIATEEDITOR:Michae1ESo1eg1ad,1eg1ad1aznetcorfEuscorpiusisthefistresearchpub1icationcomp1ete1ydevotedtoscorpionsfirachnida:Scorpiones).Euscorpiustakesadvantageoftherapid1yevo1vingmediumofquickon1inepub1ication,atthesametimemaintaininghighresearchstandardsfortheburgeoningfie1dofscorpionscience(
3、scorpio1ogy).Euscorpiusisanexpedientandviab1emediumfarthepub1icationofseriouspapersinscorpio1ogy,inc1uding(butnotIinitedto):systematicevo1ution,eco1ogy,biogeography,andgenera1bio1ogyofscorpionsReviewPaPerSdescriptionsofnewtaxa,faunisticSUrVeySIiStSofmusemco11ectionandbookreviewsarewe1come.DerivatioN
4、ominisThenameEuscorpiusThoreD,1876referstothemostcommongenusofscorpionsintheMediterraneanregionandsouthernEurope(fami1yEuscorpiidae).Euscorpiusis1ocatedonWebsite*ht1prww.sciencemarsha11edufeteuscorpius/atMarshaUUniversity;Huntington,WV257552510,USA.TheInternationa1CodeofZoo1ogica1Nomenc1ature(ICZN,4
5、thEdition,1999)doesnotaccepton1inetextsaspub1ishedwork(Artic1e918);however;itacceptsCD-ROMpub1ications(Artic1e8).Euscorpiusisproducedintwoidentica1versions:on1ine(ISSN1536-9307)andCD-ROM(ISSN1536-9293).On1ycopiesdistributedonaCD-ROMfromEuscorpiusarensideredpub1ishedworkincomp1iancewiththeTCZN,iefort
6、hepurposesofnewnamesandnewnomenc1atura1actsA11Euscorpiuspub1icationsaredistributedonaCD-ROMmediumtothefo11owingmuseums/1ibraries:ZR,Zoo1ogica1Record,York,UK* 1C,1ibraryofCongress,Washington,DC,USAUSNM,UnitedStatesNationa1MuseumofNatura1History(SmithsonianInstitution),Washington,DC,USA* AMNH,American
7、MuseumofNatura1History,NewYork,USA* CAS,Ca1iforniaAcademyofSciences,SanFrancisco,USA* FMNH,Fie1dMuseumofNatura1History,Chicago,USA.MCZ1MuseumofComparativeZoo1ogy,Cambridge,Massachusetts,USAMNUN,MuseumNationa1d,HistoireNature1ie,Paris,France.NMW,NaturhistorischesMuseumWien,Vienna,Austria.BMNH,British
8、MuseumofNatura1History,1ondon,Eng1and,UKMZUCMuseoZoo1oqico“1aSpeco1ade1UniversitadeFirenze,F1orence,Ita1yeZISP,Zoo1ogica1Institute,RussianAcademyofSciences,St.Petersburg,RussiaWM,WesternAustra1ianMuseum,Perth,Austra1iaNTNU,NorwegianUniversityofScienceandTechno1ogy,Trondheim,NorwayPub1icationdate:17A
9、ugust2004Euscorpius一Occasiona1Pub1icationsinScorpio1ogy.2004,No.13Ascorpionfromapeatbog:thefirstarthropodfossi1fromthe1ateViseanoftheMoscowCoa1BasinVictorFet,Michae1E.So1eg1ad,Yu1iaV.Mosseichik,123andDmitryEShcherbakov1DepartmentOfBio1ogica1ScienceMarsha11UniversitHuntington,.ttestVirginia25755251QU
10、S;P.O.Box250,BorregoSpringCa1ifornia92004,USAGeo1ogica1InstituteRussianAcademyofSciences;Pyzhevskypen7fMoscow119017,Russia4Pa1eonto1ogica1InstituteRussian?cademyofSciences;PiDfsoyuznaya123,Moscow117997,RussiaSummaryThisnotedescribesafossi1fiagmentfimtheUpperVis6an(ca330Ma),oftheMoscowCoa1Basin(Novgo
11、rodRegiorRussia).Thefossi1isidentifiedasthecutic1eofasing1e1egsegment(1eftfemur)ofascorpion(Arachnida:Scorpiones),withoutanyfurthertaxonomicp1acementTheanatomica1detai1softhefragmentaregiven,a1ongwitheco1ogica1nsiderationsItistheffossi1scorpionrecordfromRussiaIntroductionThepresentnoteaddressesauniq
12、uefossi1foundin1owerCarboniferousdepositsoftheMoscowCoa1Basin(Fig1).Thisfiugmentisidentifiedasthecutic1eofasing1e1egsegmentOfascorpion(Arachnida:Scorpio-nes),andisthefirstfossi1scorpionfixmRussiarnegasporeet)duringcoa1macerationApieceOfcoa1wasp1acedforsevera1hoursinSchu1tzt?smixture(nitricacidtowhic
13、hpotassiumch1oratecrysta1swereadded)and,afterwashingtreatedwithanammoniumhydrateso1utictThematea1isdepositedinthePa1eonto1ogica1InstituteoftheRussianAcademyofSciencesMoscow,specimenPINn5072/11oca1ityandHorizonCommentsonPreservationThemateria1mesfromthenorthwestf1ankoftheMoscowCoa1Basin(Ma1inovetsqua
14、rryoftheJointStockCompany“BorovichskiiRefiuctoryWorks,25kmNWofth?townofBorovichi,NovgorodRCgiOnRussia).ThestrataaredatedastheTu1skyHorizonoftheUpperVis6an(ca330Ma),regiona1pa1ynozoneCingu1izonatesbia1atus-Simozonotri1etesbrevispinosus,equiva1ent(thePerotri1itestesse1atus-Schii1zosporaCampy1opterapa1
15、ynozoneofWestanEurope(Byv-SheVa1997).The1oca1ityrepresentsathin(about15cm)1enscfbrowncoa1,anbeddedinaseriesofsandy-c1ay1acustrinedepositsThecoa1consists&amassofthewe11-PreSerVCdinsituburiedcompressionremainsofendemictree1ypodsOgneuporiaSe1eznevaeMosseichi1gymnospermsofindetminateaffinityandputativec
16、cr-daiteans(Cordaitessp),etcThisfossi1peatwasformedintheancientfresh-water1akemireTne1akewaspresumab1yare1ictoftheregressed1ateDevonianseabasinThecutic1eofascorpion1egsegmentwasextractedtogetherwithp1antremainsQeafandstemcutic1eTheexceptiona1andexce11entpreservationofSCmpioncutic1einCarboniferousassemb1agesisuniqueamongarthropods,an