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BRONTOSCORPIO
(bron-toe-scor-pee-o)
meaning: "Thunder scorpion"
Brontoscorpio
Named By: Erik N. kjellesviginWaering in1972
Time Period: Upper Silurian
Location: England, Worcestershire
Size: Estimated body length of 90 centimetres
Diet: unavailable
Fossil(s): A single pedipalp
Classification: | Arthropoda | Chelicerata | Arachnida | Scorpiones |
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Brontoscorpio anglicus is a species of fossil scorpion. Its remains were discovered in Upper Silurian-aged sandstone from Trimpley, Worcestershire, and the species was described on the basis of an incomplete single free finger of a pedipalp, almost 10 centimetres (3.9 in) long. The complete animal is estimated to be at least 90 centimetres (35 in) long. Its carnivorous diet may have consisted of worms or other arthropods.

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