Gigantoscorpionidae

Gigantoscorpionidae; Temporal range: Devonian–Carboniferous, 383.7–342.8 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
Suborder:	†Holosternina
Superfamily:	†Gigantoscorpionoidea; Kjellesvig-Waering, 1986
Family:	†Gigantoscorpionidae; Kjellesvig-Waering, 1986
Genera
	Gigantoscorpio; Petaloscorpio;
Synonyms
	†Petaloscorpionidae Kjellesvig-Waering, 1986

Gigantoscorpionidae is an extinct family of scorpions that lived between 383.7 million and 342.8 million years ago, during the Devonian and Carboniferous periods. The family is the only member of the superfamily Gigantoscorpionoidea.^[2]

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The family contains two genera:

Gigantoscorpio Størmer, 1963
Petaloscorpio Kjellesvig-Waering, 1986

[1]
Kjellesvig-Waering, E. N. (1986). "A restudy of the fossil Scorpionida of the world". Palaeontographica Americana. 55: 1–287.
[2]
Dunlop, J. A.; Penney, D.; Jekel, D. (2018). "A summary list of fossil spiders and their relatives" (PDF). The world spider catalog, version 18.5. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2018-03-24.

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[KW1986-1] [1]
Kjellesvig-Waering, E. N. (1986). "A restudy of the fossil Scorpionida of the world". Palaeontographica Americana. 55: 1–287.

[2] [2]
Dunlop, J. A.; Penney, D.; Jekel, D. (2018). "A summary list of fossil spiders and their relatives" (PDF). The world spider catalog, version 18.5. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2018-03-24.

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