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'''''Brontoscorpio anglicus''''' is a [[species]] of [[fossil]] [[scorpion]]. Its remains were discovered in [[Trimpley]], [[Worcestershire]], and the species was described on the basis of a single [[pedipalp]].<ref name="Kjellesvig">{{cite journal |author=Erik N. Kjellesvig-Waering |year=1972 |title=''Brontoscorpio anglicus'': a gigantic Lower Paleozoic scorpion from central England |journal=[[Journal of Paleontology]] |volume=46 |issue=1 |pages=39–42 |jstor=1302906}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=Andrew J. Jeram |chapter=Phylogeny, classification and evolution of Silurian and Devonian scorpions |title=Proceedings of the 17th European Colloquium of Arachnology, Edinburgh 1997, 1998 |editor=Paul A. Selden |url=http://www.european-arachnology.org/proceedings/17th/3Jeram.pdf |format=[[Portable Document Format|PDF]]}}</ref> The complete animal is estimated to be at least {{convert|90|cm}} long and aquatic.<ref name="Kjellesvig"/> |
'''''Brontoscorpio anglicus''''' is a [[species]] of [[fossil]] [[scorpion]]. Its remains were discovered in [[Trimpley]], [[Worcestershire]], and the species was described on the basis of a single [[pedipalp]].<ref name="Kjellesvig">{{cite journal |author=Erik N. Kjellesvig-Waering |year=1972 |title=''Brontoscorpio anglicus'': a gigantic Lower Paleozoic scorpion from central England |journal=[[Journal of Paleontology]] |volume=46 |issue=1 |pages=39–42 |jstor=1302906}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=Andrew J. Jeram |chapter=Phylogeny, classification and evolution of Silurian and Devonian scorpions |title=Proceedings of the 17th European Colloquium of Arachnology, Edinburgh 1997, 1998 |editor=Paul A. Selden |url=http://www.european-arachnology.org/proceedings/17th/3Jeram.pdf |format=[[Portable Document Format|PDF]]}}</ref> The complete animal is estimated to be at least {{convert|90|cm}} long and aquatic. Brontoscorpio also had large pinching claws, a three foot long body and a stinger the size of a lightbulb. It would have mainly hunted for smaller fish and arthropods.<ref name="Kjellesvig"/> |
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Brontoscorpio anglicus is a species of fossil scorpion. Its remains were discovered in Trimpley, Worcestershire, and the species was described on the basis of a single pedipalp.[1][2] The complete animal is estimated to be at least 90 centimetres (35 in) long and aquatic. Brontoscorpio also had large pinching claws, a three foot long body and a stinger the size of a lightbulb. It would have mainly hunted for smaller fish and arthropods.[1]
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- ^ a b Erik N. Kjellesvig-Waering (1972). "Brontoscorpio anglicus: a gigantic Lower Paleozoic scorpion from central England". Journal of Paleontology. 46 (1): 39–42. JSTOR 1302906.
- ^ Andrew J. Jeram. "Phylogeny, classification and evolution of Silurian and Devonian scorpions". In Paul A. Selden (ed.). Proceedings of the 17th European Colloquium of Arachnology, Edinburgh 1997, 1998 (PDF).
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