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Gigantoscorpionidae
Taxonomy
Gigantoscorpionidae was named by Kjellesvig-Waering (1986). Its type is Gigantoscorpio.
It was assigned to Mesoscorpionina by Jeram (1994); and to Gigantoscorpionoidea by Kjellesvig-Waering (1986) and Dunlop et al. (2013).
It was assigned to Mesoscorpionina by Jeram (1994); and to Gigantoscorpionoidea by Kjellesvig-Waering (1986) and Dunlop et al. (2013).
Subtaxa
Gigantoscorpio (type genus), Petaloscorpio
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1986 | Gigantoscorpionidae Kjellesvig-Waering p. 76 |
| 1986 | Petaloscorpionidae Kjellesvig-Waering p. 220 |
| 1994 | Gigantoscorpionidae Jeram p. 296 |
| 2013 | Gigantoscorpionidae 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.
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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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) | |
| Arundian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Gigantoscorpio willsi (90682) | |
| Visean | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Gigantoscorpio willsi (34471) |