Gigantoscorpio

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 have grown up to around 40 cm (16 in) long,^[6] but later study estimated its total length about 24 cm (9.4 in). ^[7]

Gigantoscorpio Temporal range: Visean, 345.0–342.8 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Scorpiones
Family:	†Gigantoscorpionidae
Genus:	†Gigantoscorpio Størmer, 1963[1]
Species:	†G. willsi
Binomial name
†Gigantoscorpio willsi Størmer, 1963[1]

References

1. Størmer, Leif (1963). Gigantoscorpio willsi – A new scorpion from the Lower Carboniferous of Scotland and its associated preying microorganisms. Oslo University Press.
2. "Gigantoscorpio willsi - Overview - Encyclopedia of Life". Encyclopedia of Life.
3. "Gigantoscorpio willsi". Encyclopædia Britannica.
4. "The Paleobiology Database".
5. "Fossilworks: Gigantoscorpio".
6. 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.
7. Kjellesvig-Waering, E. N. (1986). "A restudy of the fossil Scorpionida of the world". Palaeontographica Americana. 55: 1–287.