Abstract
A specimen belonging to a new family, genus and species of fossil scorpion, Archaeobuthidae fam. n., Archaeobuthus estephani gen. n., sp. n., is described from the Early Cretaceous amber of Lebanon. This is the first scorpion to have been found and described from Lebanese amber (±125 Myr). In view of the fact that Lebanese amber is the oldest known amber containing a high diversity of biological inclusions, it is highly unlikely that an older scorpion specimen in amber will ever be found. Un spécimen appartenant a une nouvelle famille, un nouveau genre et une nouvelle espèce de scorpion fossile, Archaeobuthidae fam. n., Archaeobuthus estephani gen. n., sp. n., est décrit dans l'ambre du Crétacé inférieur du Liban (±125 Ma). En tenant compte du fait que cet ambre est le plus ancien contenant des inclusions biologiques, il est très improbable qu'un spécimen encore plus vieux puisse être trouvé dans l'ambre.
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