Brontoscorpio
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† Brontoscorpio anglicus Temporal range:
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† Brontoscorpio anglicus Kjellesvig-Waering, 1972
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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]
References
- ^ 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).