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Gigantoscorpionoidea

Arachnida - Scorpiones

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Gigantoscorpionoidea Kjellesvig-Waering p. 75
2013Gigantoscorpionoidea Dunlop et al. p. 32

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
RankNameAuthor
Prosomapoda
Planaterga
Dekatriata
SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
Stomothecata
orderScorpionesLatreille 1817
suborderHolosternina()
superfamilyGigantoscorpionoidea
superfamilyGigantoscorpionoidea

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Superfm. †Gigantoscorpionoidea Kjellesvig-Waering 1986
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Fm. †Gigantoscorpionidae Kjellesvig-Waering 1986
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G. †Gigantoscorpio Stormer 1963
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Gigantoscorpio willsi Stormer 1963
G. †Petaloscorpio Kjellesvig-Waering 1986
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Petaloscorpio bureaui Kjellesvig-Waering 1986
Invalid names: Petaloscorpionidae Kjellesvig-Waering 1986 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Grouping: solitaryc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 09:55:58
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:55:58
Source: c = class
Reference: Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Frasnian to the top of the Arundian or 382.70000 to 342.80000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Canada (Quebec) Petaloscorpio bureaui (153566 179176)
Ivorian353.8 - 345.3United Kingdom (Scotland) Gigantoscorpio willsi (216790)
Visean346.7 - 330.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Gigantoscorpio willsi (34471)
Arundian345.0 - 342.8United Kingdom (Scotland) Gigantoscorpio willsi (90682)