Compsoscorpius

Compsoscorpius Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Scorpiones
Family:	†Palaeopisthacanthidae
Genus:	†Compsoscorpius Petrunkevitch 1949
Species
†Compsoscorpius buthiformis Pocock 1911 †Compsoscorpius elegans Petrunkevitch 1949
Synonyms
Allobuthiscorpius Kjellesvig-Waering 1986 Coseleyscorpio Kjellesvig-Waering 1986 Leioscorpio Kjellesvig-Waering 1986 Lichnoscorpius Petrunkevitch 1949 Pseudobuthiscorpius Kjellesvig-Waering 1986

Compsoscorpius is an extinct genus of scorpions from the Carboniferous of France and the United Kingdom.

External links

• "Compsoscorpius" at the Encyclopedia of Life
• "Compsoscorpius". Fossilworks. Gateway to the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 4 September 2016.