Suborder Orthosternina Pocock 1911 (scorpion)
PaleoDB taxon number: 272530
Alternative spelling: Orthosterni
Full reference: R. I. Pocock. 1911. A Monograph of the Terrestrial Carboniferous Arachnida of Great Britain 1-84
Parent taxon: Scorpiones according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Archaeoctonoidea, Bilobosternina, Branchioscorpionina, Brontoscorpio, Chaerilobuthidae, Eramoscorpius, Gondwanascorpio, Gymnoscorpius, Holosternina, Hubeiscorpio, Liassoscorpionidae, Liassoscorpionides, Lobosternina, Meristosternina, Mesoscorpionina, Palaeomachus, Palaeotrilineatidae, Permomatveevia, Proscorpiidae, Titanoscorpio, Wattisonia
Subtaxa: Buthoidea, Chactoidea, Corniops, Scorpionoidea
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