†family Gigantoscorpionidae Kjellesvig-Waering 1986 (scorpion)
Arachnida - Scorpiones - Gigantoscorpionidae
Synonym: Petaloscorpionidae Kjellesvig-Waering 1986
Full reference: E. N. Kjellesvig-Waering. 1986. A restudy of the fossil Scorpionida of the world. Palaeontographica Americana 55:1-287
Parent taxon: Gigantoscorpionoidea according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013
See also Jeram 1994 and Kjellesvig-Waering 1986
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Gigantoscorpio Petaloscorpio
Type: Gigantoscorpio
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (3 collections)
• Devonian of Canada (2: Quebec)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence