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Parioscorpio is an extinct genus of arthropod containing the single species Parioscorpio venator, known from the Silurian-age Waukesha Biota of the Brandon Bridge Formation near Waukesha, Wisconsin. The animal has had a confusing taxonomic history, having been classified at various times as an arachnid, a crustacean, and an artiopodan arthropod. It became one of the more widely publicized fossil finds from Wisconsin after its original 2020 description proposed it as a basal scorpion.

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