Brontoscorpio
| Brontoscorpio anglicus Temporal range: Upper Silurian | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Scorpiones |
| Family: | † Eoscorpiidae |
| Genus: | † Brontoscorpio Kjellesvig-Waering, 1972 |
| Binomial name | |
| † Brontoscorpio anglicus Kjellesvig-Waering, 1972 | |
Brontoscorpio anglicus is a species of fossil scorpion. Its remains were discovered in Upper Silurian-aged sandstone from Trimpley, Worcestershire, and the species was described on the basis of an incomplete single free finger of a pedipalp, almost 10 centimetres (3.9 in) long.[1][2] The complete animal is estimated to be at least 90 centimetres (35 in) long.[1] Its carnivorous diet may have consisted of worms or other arthropods.
Artist's impression of Brontoscorpio with size comparison
References
- 1 2 Kjellesvig-Waering, Erik N. (1972). "Brontoscorpio anglicus: a gigantic Lower Paleozoic scorpion from central England". Journal of Paleontology. 46 (1): 39–42. JSTOR 1302906.
- ↑ Jeram, Andrew J. "Phylogeny, classification and evolution of Silurian and Devonian scorpions". In Selden, Paul A. Proceedings of the 17th European Colloquium of Arachnology, Edinburgh 1997, 1998 (PDF).
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