| Gigantoscorpio Temporal range: Visean, 345.0–342.8 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Scorpiones |
| Family: | †Gigantoscorpionidae |
| Genus: | †Gigantoscorpio Størmer, 1963 |
| Species: | †G. willsi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Gigantoscorpio willsi Størmer, 1963 | |
Gigantoscorpio willsi is an extinct species of scorpion which lived between 345.0 million and 342.8 million years ago, during the Visean age of the Carboniferous. Its type specimen is BMNH In. 42706a,b, In. 42707, which is a 3D body fossil of its exoskeleton found near modern-day United Kingdom. It is thought to have grown up to around 40 cm (16 in) long, but later study estimated its total length about 24 cm (9.4 in).
References
- ^ Størmer, Leif (1963). Gigantoscorpio willsi – A new scorpion from the Lower Carboniferous of Scotland and its associated preying microorganisms. Oslo University Press.
- "Gigantoscorpio willsi - Overview - Encyclopedia of Life". Encyclopedia of Life.
- "Gigantoscorpio willsi". Encyclopædia Britannica.
- "The Paleobiology Database".
- "Fossilworks: Gigantoscorpio".
- Kjellesvig-Waering, Erik N. (1972). "Brontoscorpio anglicus: A Gigantic Lower Paleozoic Scorpion from Central England". Journal of Paleontology. 46 (1): 39–42. ISSN 0022-3360. JSTOR 1302906.
- Kjellesvig-Waering, E. N. (1986). "A restudy of the fossil Scorpionida of the world". Palaeontographica Americana. 55: 1–287.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Gigantoscorpio | |
| Gigantoscorpio willsi | |
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