Gigantoscorpio Explained

Gigantoscorpio willsi is an extinct species of scorpion[1] [2] which lived between 345.0million and 342.8million years ago, during the Visean age of the Carboniferous.[3] 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.[4] It is thought to have grown up to around long,[5] but later study estimated its total length about . [6]

Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: Gigantoscorpio willsi - Overview - Encyclopedia of Life. Encyclopedia of Life.
  2. Encyclopedia: Gigantoscorpio willsi. Encyclopædia Britannica.
  3. Web site: The Paleobiology Database.
  4. Web site: Fossilworks: Gigantoscorpio.
  5. Kjellesvig-Waering. Erik N.. 1972. Brontoscorpio anglicus: A Gigantic Lower Paleozoic Scorpion from Central England. Journal of Paleontology. 46. 1. 39–42. 1302906. 0022-3360.
  6. E. N.. Kjellesvig-Waering. 1986. A restudy of the fossil Scorpionida of the world. Palaeontographica Americana. 55. 1–287.

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