The putative fossil whipscorpion Thelyphonus hadleyi Pierce 1945 (Arachnida: Uropygi) from the middle to late Miocene Monterey Formation of Cabrillo Beach, San Pedro, California is reassessed. It is shown here to be nothing more than a fortuitously shaped stain on the rock, apparently partly algal in nature. The fossil record of whipscorpions can thus be restrained to six Pennsylvanian and one Cretaceous species.
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1 December 2007
The Miocene Whipscorpion Thelyphonus hadleyi Is An Unidentifiable Organic Remain
Jason A. Dunlop,
O. Erik Tetlie
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Cabrillo Beach
fossil
Monterey shale
taxonomy
Uropygi