Gigantoscorpio
Extinct species of scorpion
| 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 |
| Species: | †G. willsi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Gigantoscorpio willsi Størmer, 1963[1] | |
Gigantoscorpio willsi is an extinct species of scorpion[2][3] which lived between 345.0 million and 342.8 million years ago, during the Visean age of the Carboniferous.[4] 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.[5] It is thought to grew up to around 40 cm (16 in) long,[6] but later study estimated its total length about 24 cm (9.4 in). [7]
References
- ^ a b 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.
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