Arachnida - Scorpiones

Full reference: E. N. Kjellesvig-Waering. 1972. Brontoscorpio anglicus: a gigantic lower Paleozoic scorpion from central England. Journal of Paleontology 46:39-42

Parent taxon: Scorpiones according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013

See also Kjellesvig-Waering 1972

Sister taxa: Allopalaeophonoidea, Archaeoctonoidea, Bilobosternina, Branchioscorpionina, Chaerilobuthidae, Eramoscorpius, Gondwanascorpio, Gymnoscorpius, Holosternina, Hubeiscorpio, Liassoscorpionidae, Liassoscorpionides, Lobosternina, Meristosternina, Mesoscorpionina, Orthosternina, Palaeomachus, Palaeophonus lightbodyi, Palaeotrilineatidae, Permomatveevia, Proscorpiidae, Titanoscorpio, Wattisonia

Subtaxa: Brontoscorpio anglicus

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Type: Brontoscorpio anglicus

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Distribution: found only at Birmingham Water Works, Trimpley (Devonian of the United Kingdom)

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