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Gigantoscorpio

Arachnida - Scorpiones - Gigantoscorpionidae

Taxonomy
Gigantoscorpio was named by Stormer (1963). It is the type genus of Gigantoscorpionidae, Gigantoscorpionoidea.

It was assigned to Gigantoscorpionidae by Kjellesvig-Waering (1986), Jeram (1994) and Dunlop et al. (2013).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Gigantoscorpio Stormer
1986Gigantoscorpio Kjellesvig-Waering p. 76
1994Gigantoscorpio Jeram p. 296
2013Gigantoscorpio 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
Prosomapoda
RankNameAuthor
Planaterga
Dekatriata
SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
Stomothecata
orderScorpionesLatreille 1817
suborderHolosternina()
superfamilyGigantoscorpionoidea
familyGigantoscorpionidae
genusGigantoscorpioStormer 1963

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.

G. †Gigantoscorpio Stormer 1963
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Gigantoscorpio willsi Stormer 1963
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 Ivorian to the top of the Arundian or 353.80000 to 340.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ivorian353.8 - 346.7United Kingdom (Scotland) G. willsi (216790)
Arundian346.7 - 340.0United Kingdom (Scotland) G. willsi (90682)
Visean346.7 - 330.9United Kingdom (Scotland) G. willsi (34471)