Gigantoscorpionidae
Extinct family of scorpions
| Gigantoscorpionidae Temporal range: Devonian–Carboniferous, 383.7–342.8 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Scorpiones |
| Suborder: | †Holosternina |
| Superfamily: | †Gigantoscorpionoidea Kjellesvig-Waering, 1986[1] |
| Family: | †Gigantoscorpionidae Kjellesvig-Waering, 1986[1] |
| Genera | |
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| Synonyms | |
| †Petaloscorpionidae Kjellesvig-Waering, 1986 | |
Gigantoscorpionidae is an extinct family of scorpions that lived between 383.7 million and 342.8 million years ago, during the Devonian and Carboniferous periods. The family is the only member of the superfamily Gigantoscorpionoidea.[2]
Genera
The family contains two genera:
- Gigantoscorpio Størmer, 1963
- Petaloscorpio Kjellesvig-Waering, 1986
References
- ^ a b Kjellesvig-Waering, E. N. (1986). "A restudy of the fossil Scorpionida of the world". Palaeontographica Americana. 55: 1–287.
- ^ Dunlop, J. A.; Penney, D.; Jekel, D. (2018). "A summary list of fossil spiders and their relatives" (PDF). The world spider catalog, version 18.5. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
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