Gigantoscorpio Temporal range:
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Genus: | †Gigantoscorpio |
Species: | †G. willsi
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†Gigantoscorpio willsi Størmer, 1963
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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:
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | |
Phylum: | |
Subphylum: | |
Class: | |
Order: | |
Family: | |
Genus: | †Gigantoscorpio |
Species: | †G. willsi
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†Gigantoscorpio willsi Størmer, 1963
[1]
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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]