Kingdom Animalia Order Scorpiones Rank Genus | Phylum Arthropoda Class Arachnida Suborder †Holosternina | |
Similar Palaeophonus, Microtityus, Brontoscorpio anglicus, Chactidae, Hemiscorpiidae |
Gigantoscorpio willsi is an extinct species of scorpion. which existed between 346.7 million and 330.9 million years ago. Its type specimen is BMNH In. 42706a,b, In. 42707, which is a 3D body fossil of its exoskeleton found near modern-day United Kingdom.
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