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GIGANTOSCORPIO
(ji-gan-toe-skor-pe-oh)
meaning: "Giant scorpion"
Named By: Leif Stoermer in 1963
Time Period: Unavailable
Location: Scotland - Glencartholm Volcanic Beds Formation
Size: Details unavailable
Diet: Insectivore
Fossil(s): Partial remains of at least two individuals
Classification: | Arthropoda | Chelicerata | Arachnida | Scorpiones | Holosternina | Gigantoscorpionoidea | Gigantoscorpionidae |
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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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