In Depth A good example of the large arthropods that dominated the world before invertebrates took over, it has been surmised that Brontoscorpio was aquatic. Unfortunately the only known part of this ancient scorpion is the pedipalp, and it is from comparison of this body part to other known specimens that the size estimate has … Read more
In Depth Gigantoscorpio is a genus of scorpion known to have lived in Scotland during the Carboniferous period. Because the genus is known only from partial remains, full details about its size and body proportions are currently unavailable. However, the genus has been occasionally estimated to have been as much as ninety centimetres long, which … Read more