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Gigantoscorpionoidea
Taxonomy
Gigantoscorpionoidea was named by Kjellesvig-Waering (1986). Its type is Gigantoscorpio.
It was assigned to Holosternina by Kjellesvig-Waering (1986); and to Holosternina by Dunlop et al. (2013).
It was assigned to Holosternina by Kjellesvig-Waering (1986); and to Holosternina by Dunlop et al. (2013).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1986 | Gigantoscorpionoidea Kjellesvig-Waering p. 75 |
2013 | Gigantoscorpionoidea Dunlop et al. p. 32 |
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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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Invalid names: Petaloscorpionidae Kjellesvig-Waering 1986 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Reference: Bush and Bambach 2015 |
Collections (5 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Frasnian | Canada (Quebec) | Petaloscorpio bureaui (153566 179176) | |
Ivorian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Gigantoscorpio willsi (216790) | |
Visean | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Gigantoscorpio willsi (34471) | |
Arundian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Gigantoscorpio willsi (90682) |